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In 1814, the Kingdom of Norway made a brief and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to regain its independence. While Norway had always legally been a separate kingdom, since the 16th century it had shared a monarch with Denmark; Norway was a subordinate partner in the combined state , whose government was based in Copenhagen .
The Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. 14 January – Frederick VI of Denmark-Norway ceded the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Swedish Pomerania, otherwise known as Western Pomerania. Denmark also keeps the Norwegian overseas possessions: Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland, as part of the Treaty of Kiel.
The Dano-Swedish War of 1813–1814 [5] also referred to as Charles John’s campaign against Denmark, or as the War for Norway (Danish: Kampen om Norge) [6] [7] was the Coalition campaign against Denmark-Norway led by the Swedish crown prince Charles John, and it was the last major conflict between Denmark and Sweden.
They called themselves Konge til Norge ("King of Norway"), usually with the style His Royal Majesty. [citation needed] With the introduction of constitutional monarchy in 1814, the traditional style "by the Grace of God" was extended to "by the Grace of God and the Constitution of the Kingdom", but was only briefly in use.
The Danish position was hopeless and by early January 1814, King Frederick VI of Denmark–Norway reconciled himself to the necessity of losing Norway. [5] [6] By the Treaty of Kiel, signed on 13 January, King Frederick VI had to cede the Kingdom of Norway to the king of Sweden, by which the two nations would enter a union. However, this treaty ...
9 Kingdom of Norway (1814–present) 10 See also. 11 Notes. 12 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Norway.
Until 1814, Norway was part of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway. Following the defeat of Napoleon's troops at the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813, the Treaty of Kiel of January 1814 ceded Norway to Sweden. In response, the Crown Prince of Denmark–Norway and resident viceroy in Norway, Christian Frederik, started a Norwegian independence ...
The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for 1,152–1,153 years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway was part of Denmark–Norway, and, from 1814 to 1905, it was in a personal union with Sweden.