Sweden–Norway union

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personal union political union

The Sweden–Norway union was a 19th-century political union in which the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway shared a common monarch and foreign policy while retaining separate domestic governments.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	personal union → political union →
alsoKnownAs	Sweden–Norway → United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway →
capital	Stockholm →
capitalOfNorwegianGovernment	Christiania →
commonInstitution	common foreign policy → common monarch →
continent	Europe →
country	Norway → Sweden →
currency	Swedish–Norwegian krone → riksdaler (Sweden) → speciedaler (Norway) →
dissolutionEvent	Karlstad negotiations → Norwegian declaration of independence in 1905 →
dissolutionTreaty	Karlstad Treaty →
endTime	1905 →
flag	Norwegian flag with union mark → Swedish flag with union mark →
followedBy	Kingdom of Norway → Kingdom of Sweden →
foreignPolicyControlledBy	Sweden →
governmentForm	constitutional monarchy →
hasMonarch	Charles XIII of Sweden → Charles XIV John of Sweden → Charles XV of Sweden → Oscar I of Sweden → Oscar II of Sweden →
hasParliament	Riksdag of the Estates → Storting →
headOfStateTitle	King of Sweden and Norway →
historicalEra	19th century → early 20th century →
locatedIn	Scandinavia →
officialLanguage	Norwegian → Swedish →
precededBy	Kingdom of Norway (1814) → Kingdom of Sweden →
reasonForFormation	Convention of Moss → Treaty of Kiel →
religion	Lutheranism →
separateInstitution	Norwegian domestic government → Swedish domestic government →
significantConflict	Union crisis of 1905 →
startTime	1814 →
unionType	personal union under a single monarch → real union in foreign affairs →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sweden–Norway union ("United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway") →	alsoKnownAs
Constitution Day (Norway) ("union between Sweden and Norway") →	hasHistoricalContext
Sweden →	historicalUnion