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Union between Sweden and Norway

The Union between Sweden and Norway , officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, consisted of present-day Sweden and Norway between 1814 and 1905, when they were united under one monarch in a personal union....

Timeline of Events

1844

3.8.1844

King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.

1905

6.7.1905

Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden, a vote that is confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.

9.23.1905

Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.