This article discusses to what extent the widely accepted hypotheses of Hugo Grotius’s crucial impact on the theory of contract law – also in Scandinavia – may be maintained or even positively confirmed. Although few direct references to the works of Grotius can be found in Scandinavian legal literature of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, it would be premature to draw a negative conclusion. An impact of Grotius’s thoughts may rather be demonstrated by thoroughly analysing patterns of argumentation concerning specific contractual topics both in legal literature and case law. The article provides the reader with necessary information on the institutional and intellectual preconditions for the reception of Grotius in the Scandinavian legal orders before discussing the impact of the ‘will-theory’ on the requirements of a legally binding contractual agreement in the works of selected influential legal scholars and in case law in more detail. The analysis confirms that Grotius’s work contributed substantially to shaping the intellectual framework in which the first contract law doctrines in Scandinavia evolved.

本文讨论了雨果·格罗蒂乌斯（Hugo Grotius）对合同法理论的重要影响（甚至在斯堪的纳维亚半岛）在多大程度上可以维持甚至得到肯定的假设。尽管在十七和十八世纪的斯堪的纳维亚法律文献中几乎找不到直接引用格罗蒂乌斯著作的内容，但得出负面结论为时过早。格罗蒂乌斯思想的影响可以通过彻底分析法律文献和判例法中有关特定合同主题的论证模式来证明。在讨论“意志理论”对某些有影响力的作品中具有法律约束力的合同协议要求的影响之前，本文向读者提供了有关在斯堪的纳维亚法律命令中接受格罗蒂乌斯的制度和知识前提的必要信息。法律学者和案例法的更多细节。分析证实，格罗蒂乌斯的工作为塑造知识框架做出了重大贡献，斯堪的那维亚的第一份合同法学说在此发展。