▁the ▁Dutch ▁governor ▁Peter ▁St uy ves ant ▁sent ▁an ▁army ▁to ▁the ▁Del aware ▁River , ▁which ▁obtained ▁the ▁surrender ▁of ▁the ▁Swedish ▁for ts . ▁ ▁Ant ill ian ▁poss essions ▁Saint ▁Bar th é le my ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁Car ib bean ▁island ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁histor ically ▁a ▁Swedish ▁col ony ▁for ▁any ▁significant ▁length ▁of ▁time , ▁Gu adel oupe ▁only ▁having ▁been ▁one ▁briefly , ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Napole onic ▁Wars . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁Sweden ' s ▁support ▁of ▁France ' s ▁enemies ▁during ▁the ▁Napole onic ▁Wars , ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁Gu adel oupe ▁was ▁c eded ▁to ▁king ▁Charles ▁XIV ▁John ▁personally , ▁not ▁to ▁his ▁Swedish ▁state . ▁However ▁a ▁year ▁later ▁ ▁the ▁island ▁was ▁given ▁to ▁France ▁by ▁the ▁Tre aty ▁of ▁Paris . ▁Sweden ▁then ▁forced ▁a ▁settlement ▁with ▁Great ▁Britain ▁because ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁guaranteed ▁the ▁island ▁which ▁was ▁strateg ically ▁close ▁to ▁its ▁other ▁Car ib bean ▁col ony . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁Gu adel oupe ▁Fund ▁which ▁guaranteed ▁Sweden ▁ 2 4 ▁million ▁fran cs . ▁Because ▁of ▁how ▁the ▁money ▁was ▁used , ▁Sweden ▁was ▁then ▁given ▁an ▁additional ▁ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁R ik sd aler ▁under ▁the ▁R ik sd ag ▁of ▁ 1 8 1 5 ▁ ▁every ▁year . ▁The ▁last ▁install ment ▁was ▁paid ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁these ▁the ▁Sw edes ▁briefly ▁attempted ▁to