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favour,» the words ran, «of His Majesty the king of Sweden and
his successors», so that the provinces of Norway should
«henceforth belong with full right of ownership and sovereignty to His
Majesty the king of Sweden, and form one kingdom, united to
that of Sweden.»
On the other hand the original Swedish draft of the treaty,
which had for its object the incorporation of Norway with
Sweden, was abandoned, and it was also expressly in his special
character as sovereign of Norway, that the king of Sweden took upon
himself Norway’s share in the common national debt of the now
dissolved Dano-Norwegian monarchy. Norway’s international
individuality was consequently made use of even in the treaty of
cession.
The Norwegians nevertheless refused absolutely to acknowledge
the treaty. They declared that the king of Denmark and Norway
might, indeed, renounce his right to the Norwegian crown, and
thereby break off all connection betwreen the two countries, but
that it was contrary to international law to dispose of an entire
kingdom without the consent of that kingdom itself. In pursuance
of this, a national assembly was called together, and on the 17th
of May 1814 this assembly gave the country a constitution, and
proclaimed Christian Frederik, the heir to the Dano-Norwegian
crown and at the time regent of the country, to be king of
Norway.
This attitude, which was greatly at variance with the policy
of Sweden, provoked a brief and not very sanguinary war, which,
in August 1814, was brought to a conclusion by an armistice
through the assiduous mediation of diplomatists from the four
allied Powers. With a wise consideration for the strained
condition of European politics, the Swedish crown-prince agreed in his
king’s name to accept the newly-created Norwegian constitution,
with a reservation of those changes which a union with Sweden
might necessitate, regarding which negotiations were to be opened
with the Norwegian Storthing. The latter, in other words, was
recognised as the lawful representative of the country. On the
other hand, her newly-proclaimed king was called upon immediately
to resign his authority, the government in the meantime being
carried on by the Norwegian Council of State, and, as soon
as the national assembly met, to place the power finally in
its hands.
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