Convention of Moss (between Norway and Sweden)

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The Convention of Moss was an 1814 agreement that ended the brief war between Norway and Sweden and laid the foundation for their subsequent union under a common monarch while preserving Norway’s constitution and considerable autonomy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral agreement ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
peace treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Moss Convention ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Moss

Mossekonvensjonen ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Moss
conflictEnded Swedish–Norwegian War of 1814 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
countryInvolved Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
dateSigned 1814-08-14 ⓘ
effectOnNorway maintained separate Norwegian institutions ⓘ
maintained separate Norwegian laws ⓘ
maintained separate Norwegian parliament (Storting) ⓘ
effectOnSweden secured dynastic union with Norway ⓘ
ensured retention of Eidsvoll Constitution with amendments ⓘ
followedBy Union between Sweden and Norway ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
language Norwegian ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
location Moss ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
monarchRecognized Charles XIII of Sweden ⓘ
linked to: Karl XIII of Sweden

Charles XIV John as future king of Norway ⓘ
negotiatedBy Norwegian government in Christiania ⓘ
Swedish crown prince Charles John ⓘ
partOf Napoleonic Wars aftermath in Scandinavia ⓘ
politicalStatusChanged Norway from independent kingdom to state in personal union ⓘ
precededBy Norwegian War of Independence (1814) ⓘ
result Norwegian autonomy within union ⓘ
abdication of Christian Frederick as king of Norway ⓘ
acceptance of Swedish king as monarch of Norway ⓘ
agreement to revise Norwegian constitution to allow union ⓘ
end of Swedish–Norwegian War of 1814 ⓘ
personal union between Sweden and Norway ⓘ
preservation of Norwegian constitution ⓘ
signatory Kingdom of Norway (1814) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Norway

Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
signedBy Norwegian negotiators ⓘ
Swedish negotiators ⓘ
stipulated Norwegian Storting to convene and revise constitution ⓘ
union under common monarch with separate institutions ⓘ
topic Norwegian constitutional history ⓘ
Scandinavian political history ⓘ
Sweden–Norway union ⓘ
linked to: Sweden–Norway
treatyType armistice agreement ⓘ
framework for union ⓘ
year 1814 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moss → signed → Convention of Moss (between Norway and Sweden) ⓘ
Moss, Norway → historicalEvent → Convention of Moss 1814 ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Moss (between Norway and Sweden)
Icelandic Commonwealth → endCause → Old Covenant with Norway ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Moss (between Norway and Sweden)