Norway 1884-1905 Norway 1914-1918






Norway, 1864-1914



Several reforms were enacted; Norway now had a government of it's own. Relations with Sweden remained strained, especially over Norway's demand to establish a separate CONSULAR SYSTEM. In August 1905, the Norwegians held a REFERENDUM over the issue of continuation of the union with Sweden; 368.392 voted for the dissolution of the union, 184 for upholding it.
In August/September 1905, negotiations with Sweden lead to a peaceful dissolution of the union. On Nov. 18th 1905, the Storting elected Danish prince Carl King of Norway; he took on the name Hakon. In 1913, UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE was introduced, extending the right to vote to adult women.







EXTERNAL
FILES 		Norway after 1905, in : The History of Norway, by Thor Dagre, from Norway Info (scroll down)
Norway's Numismatic History : The Scandinavian Monetary Union, 1875, from Univ. Oslo, Coin Cabinet
DOCUMENTS Amerikabrev fra Norsk Utvandrermuseum 1880-1925 (Emigrants letters from America, from Norway's Emigration Museum), from Det Loefterike Landet, 526 letters online, in Norwegian
REFERENCE Article : Norway, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1913 pp.1108-1112 on events of 1912) [G]
Article : Norway, in : New International Year Book 1907 pp.574-577, 1908 pp.512-514, 1909 pp.532-534, 1913 pp.502-504 [G]
Article : Norway, in : Statesman's Year Book 1910 pp.1060-1074 [G]
Frederic Augustin Ogg, The Governments of Europe (1913), posted by Gutenberg Library Online, Pt.8 pp.570-589 on Norway


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