Norwegian independence movement

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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.

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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
linked to: Johan Sverdrup

Johan Sebastian Welhaven
Johan Sverdrup
opposedBy Swedish government
conservative unionists in Norway
opposedUnionWith Sweden
precededBy Danish–Norwegian union
linked to: Denmark–Norway
relatedEvent Convention of Moss
Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll
linked to: 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

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Constitution Day (Norway) associatedWith Norwegian independence movement
subject linked to: Constitution Day
Ludvig Kristensen Daa movement Norwegian national movement
linked to: Norwegian independence movement
Eidsvoll associatedWith Norwegian independence movement
Christian Magnus Falsen participantIn Norwegian independence movement of 1814
linked to: Norwegian independence movement
Georg Sverdrup movement Norwegian independence movement
Constituent Assembly of Norway in 1814 partOf Norwegian independence movement of 1814
linked to: Norwegian independence movement