United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway

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The United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway was a 19th-century political union between the two Scandinavian kingdoms under a common monarch, lasting from 1814 until its peaceful dissolution in 1905.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Union between Sweden and Norway 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former state
personal union
political union
alsoKnownAs Sweden and Norway NERFINISHED
Sweden–Norway NERFINISHED
United Kingdoms of Sweden & Norway NERFINISHED
capital Stockholm NERFINISHED
coatOfArms Greater coat of arms of the union between Sweden and Norway NERFINISHED
commonMonarch King of Norway NERFINISHED
King of Sweden NERFINISHED
continent Europe
country Norway
Sweden
currency Swedish riksdaler NERFINISHED
speciedaler
dissolutionDate 1905-10-26
dissolutionEvent Karlstad negotiations NERFINISHED
Norwegian declaration of independence in 1905 NERFINISHED
dissolutionMethod peaceful separation
endTime 1905
establishedAfter Convention of Moss NERFINISHED
Treaty of Kiel NERFINISHED
flag Union flag of Sweden and Norway NERFINISHED
foreignPolicy conducted by Sweden
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
headOfGovernmentInNorway Prime Minister of Norway
headOfGovernmentInSweden Prime Minister of Sweden
historicalEra 19th century
early 20th century
legislature Riksdag of the Estates (Sweden) NERFINISHED
Storting (Norway) NERFINISHED
monarch Charles XIII of Sweden NERFINISHED
Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway NERFINISHED
Charles XV of Sweden and Norway NERFINISHED
Oscar I of Sweden and Norway NERFINISHED
Oscar II of Sweden and Norway NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Norwegian
Swedish
predecessor Kingdom of Norway (1814) NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED
reasonForDissolution dispute over separate Norwegian consular services
growing Norwegian nationalism
religion Lutheranism
startTime 1814
successor Kingdom of Norway NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED
unionType real union in foreign policy
separate domestic institutions

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Norwegian declaration of independence in 1905 countryAtTime United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Sweden–Norway conventionalLongName United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Sweden–Norway alsoKnownAs United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Sweden–Norway alsoKnownAs United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
this entity surface form: Union between Sweden and Norway
Swedish–Norwegian krone usedBy United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway