Norwegian independence movement

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national independence movement political movement

The Norwegian independence movement was a 19th-century political and national campaign that sought to establish Norway as a sovereign state, culminating in the adoption of its own constitution and eventual separation from Sweden.

Aliases (1)

Norwegian national movement ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national independence movement → political movement →
center	Christiania → Eidsvoll →
country	Norway →
goal	Norwegian sovereignty → adoption of a Norwegian constitution → establishment of Norway as a sovereign state → separation from Sweden →
hasDocument	Constitution of Norway →
hasSymbol	Norwegian flag →
ideology	liberalism → nationalism →
influencedBy	American Revolution → European liberalism → French Revolution → Romantic nationalism →
keyDate	1814 → 1905 →
legacy	foundation of modern Norwegian state → strengthening of Norwegian national identity →
location	Norway →
notableLeader	Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson → Christian Magnus Falsen → Christian Michelsen → Georg Sverdrup → Henrik Wergeland → Johan Jørgen Sverdrup → Johan Sebastian Welhaven → Johan Sverdrup →
opposedBy	Swedish government → conservative unionists in Norway →
opposedUnionWith	Sweden →
precededBy	Danish–Norwegian union →
relatedEvent	Convention of Moss → Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll → Treaty of Kiel → adoption of the Constitution of Norway → dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden →
result	Constitution of Norway of 1814 → dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway in 1905 → establishment of Norway as a constitutional monarchy → full Norwegian independence → personal union between Sweden and Norway →
supportedBy	Norwegian bourgeoisie → Norwegian intelligentsia → Norwegian peasantry →
timePeriod	19th century →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Constitution Day (Norway) → Eidsvoll →	associatedWith
Ludvig Kristensen Daa ("Norwegian national movement") →	movement