CHAPTER LVII

THE UNION WITH SWEDEN

The Rigsakt of 1815--Charles XIV. John ascends the Throne--Nobility Abolished--The Storthing rejects the King's Propositions--Independence Day--The Storthing Dissolved in 1836--Minister Lövenskiold Impeached--Oscar I. becomes King--Norway gets her own Flag--The German-Danish War--Charles XV.--Norway Prosperous--A Union Committee--Oscar II. ascends the Throne--The Office of Statholder Abolished--Conflict between King and Storthing--Parliamentarism Adopted--The Absolute Veto--The Resolution of June 9, 1880--Selmer Ministry Impeached--The April Ministry--Johan Sverdrup forms a Ministry--Trial by Jury Introduced--Emil Stang--Rector Steen's Ministry--The Consular Question--Stang again--Hagerup's Ministry--Negotiations with Sweden--Steen's Second Ministry--Universal Suffrage--The Norwegian Flag 310

## CHAPTER LVIII NORWEGIAN LITERATURE 318

## CHAPTER LIX THE CONSTITUTION OF NORWAY 325

HISTORY OF NORWAY

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