174 (Norway : official publication for the Paris exhibition 1900)

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During the sojourn of the king in Norway the minister in
charge submits his report directly to the king at a meeting of the
whole cabinet, as the Norwegian ministers residing at Stockholm
accompany the king to Kristiania. The minutes of such meetings
are countersigned by the president of the council; when the king
resides in Sweden the minutes are countersigned by the other
Norwegian minister of state.

Affairs common to Norway and Sweden are decided upon in
a combined council of state, where according to the nature of the
case three members of the Swedish ministry are admitted to the
Norwegian council or vice versa.

All that the Norwegian constitution stipulates as to the
proceeding in diplomatic affairs is that they are not necessarily
subject to deliberations in pleno.

Thus while the Norwegian constitution is silent in this respect,
§ 11 of the Swedish «form of government» (modified in 1885)
decrees that the report to the king on diplomatic affairs shall be
made by the minister for foreign affairs in the presence of two
other members of the Swedish council of state (formerly of one
member). This rule has been applied both to the diplomatic
affairs touching Sweden only, and to those common to both
kingdoms. [1]

All the diplomatic affairs that were not submitted to a
combined council of state, were decided upon up to 1835 without
any responsible Norwegian minister being present, even if only
the interests of Norway were in question.

As a consequence of earnest protests against this state of
things the king on April 13th. 1835, decreed that the Norwegian

[1] As to the actual community of envoys and diplomatic agents as well as
of consuls it is not the result of a special convention. On account of this tacit
agreement the common expenses of the ministry for foreign affairs and of the
diplomatic service are defrayed by a common fund called the Ambassadors’ Fund
{Ministerkassen) supplied by special votes of credit, in which Norway’s share
is ⁵⁄₁₇ and that of Sweden ¹²⁄₁₇.

The common fund for paying the salaries of the consuls etc. is called
«Konsulatkassen». The Swedish treasury pays a greater sum to this fund than the
sum voted in the Norwegian budget; but the greater part of the expenses are
defrayed by the imposts on the shipping; as the Norwegian mercantile marine
is much more considerable than that of Sweden, Norway really bears the greater
part of the burden for the common consuls.

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