Union crisis of 1905

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The Union crisis of 1905 was the political confrontation that led to the peaceful dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway and the establishment of Norway as an independent kingdom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional crisis ⓘ
diplomatic conflict ⓘ
political crisis ⓘ
characterizedBy constitutional maneuvers ⓘ
negotiation ⓘ
referendums ⓘ
conflictType non-violent political conflict ⓘ
countryInvolved Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
describedIn Norwegian constitutional history ⓘ
Swedish constitutional history ⓘ
diplomaticOutcome Karlstad Treaty between Sweden and Norway ⓘ
linked to: Karlstad Treaty
endTime 1905 ⓘ
followedBy independent Norwegian foreign policy ⓘ
reign of Haakon VII of Norway ⓘ
hasAspect border fortifications issue ⓘ
consular question ⓘ
monarchy versus republic debate in Norway ⓘ
hasCause Norwegian demand for separate consular service ⓘ
Norwegian nationalism ⓘ
constitutional disagreements between Sweden and Norway ⓘ
hasEffect dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway ⓘ
establishment of Norway as an independent kingdom ⓘ
recognition of Norwegian independence by Sweden ⓘ
location Sweden–Norway union ⓘ
linked to: Sweden–Norway
partOf Scandinavian political history ⓘ
history of Norway ⓘ
history of Sweden ⓘ
precededBy Sweden–Norway union (1814–1905) ⓘ
result independence of Norway ⓘ
maintenance of peace between Sweden and Norway ⓘ
peaceful dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway ⓘ
significantEvent 7 June 1905 Norwegian declaration of dissolution of the union ⓘ
Karlstad Treaty ⓘ
Karlstad negotiations ⓘ
Norwegian referendum on dissolution of the union ⓘ
Norwegian referendum on monarchy ⓘ
election of Prince Carl of Denmark as King Haakon VII of Norway ⓘ
significantParticipant Christian Michelsen ⓘ
Haakon VII of Norway ⓘ
Norwegian Storting ⓘ
Oscar II of Sweden and Norway ⓘ
linked to: Oscar II of Sweden

Swedish Riksdag ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag

Swedish government ⓘ
startTime 1905 ⓘ
temporalContext early 20th century ⓘ

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Sweden–Norway union → significantConflict → Union crisis of 1905 ⓘ
Karlstad Treaty → follows → Norwegian–Swedish Union crisis of 1905 ⓘ
linked to: Union crisis of 1905