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330 A History of Sweden
The King’s Death. A year later his body was laid to
rest in Riddarholm church. The former French repub-
lican burgher’s son found his final resting place by the
side of Sweden’s most honored kings. "No one has had
a career like mine," were among his last words.
B. REIGN OF OSCAR 1, 1844-1859
Liberal Policies. By the year 1840 the liberals had
triumphed over the stubborn resistance of the reaction-
aries. But the reforms
did not make any decid-
ed progress before the
reign of Oscar I. He
had been regarded by
his father as altogether
too liberal, and, hence,
had not been allowed to
exert any influence on
the government until
the last years of his
father’s reign. Instead
he had sought to pre-
pare himself for his
coming duties as king
by a thorough study of
social and political
questions. He had also in various writings advocated
certain reforms dear to him, as improvement in popu-
lar education, more equitable penal laws, and more
humane treatment of prisoners.
On his accession to the throne he was greeted with
enthusiasm by the friends of reform. He chose his
advisers from the liberal party, and a lively reform
King Oscar I.
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