Union crisis of 1905

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constitutional crisis diplomatic conflict political crisis

The Union crisis of 1905 was the political confrontation that led to the peaceful dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway and the establishment of Norway as an independent kingdom.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Norwegian–Swedish Union crisis of 1905	1
Union crisis of 1905 canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional crisis ⓘ diplomatic conflict ⓘ political crisis ⓘ
characterizedBy	constitutional maneuvers ⓘ negotiation ⓘ referendums ⓘ
conflictType	non-violent political conflict ⓘ
countryInvolved	Norway ⓘ Sweden ⓘ
describedIn	Norwegian constitutional history ⓘ Swedish constitutional history ⓘ
diplomaticOutcome	Karlstad Treaty ⓘ surface form: Karlstad Treaty between Sweden and Norway
endTime	1905 ⓘ
followedBy	independent Norwegian foreign policy ⓘ reign of Haakon VII of Norway ⓘ
hasAspect	border fortifications issue ⓘ consular question ⓘ monarchy versus republic debate in Norway ⓘ
hasCause	Norwegian demand for separate consular service ⓘ Norwegian nationalism ⓘ constitutional disagreements between Sweden and Norway ⓘ
hasEffect	dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway ⓘ establishment of Norway as an independent kingdom ⓘ recognition of Norwegian independence by Sweden ⓘ
location	Sweden–Norway ⓘ surface form: Sweden–Norway union
partOf	Scandinavian political history ⓘ history of Norway ⓘ history of Sweden ⓘ
precededBy	Sweden–Norway union ⓘ surface form: Sweden–Norway union (1814–1905)
result	independence of Norway ⓘ maintenance of peace between Sweden and Norway ⓘ peaceful dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway ⓘ
significantEvent	7 June 1905 Norwegian declaration of dissolution of the union ⓘ Karlstad Treaty ⓘ Karlstad negotiations ⓘ Norwegian declaration of independence in 1905 ⓘ surface form: Norwegian referendum on dissolution of the union Norwegian referendum on monarchy ⓘ election of Prince Carl of Denmark as King Haakon VII of Norway ⓘ
significantParticipant	Christian Michelsen ⓘ Haakon VII of Norway ⓘ Parliament of Norway ⓘ surface form: Norwegian Storting Oscar II of Sweden ⓘ surface form: Oscar II of Sweden and Norway Riksdag ⓘ surface form: Swedish Riksdag Swedish government ⓘ
startTime	1905 ⓘ
temporalContext	early 20th century ⓘ

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Sweden–Norway union → significantConflict → Union crisis of 1905 ⓘ

Karlstad Treaty → follows → Union crisis of 1905 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norwegian–Swedish Union crisis of 1905