...the Norwegian Parliament managed one of their very few unanimous declaration:
Apparently, since the main 'meat' of the declaration was in an aside to the main clause, it took the Swedes a little while to realise that Norway had - in essence - rebelled, conducted a palace coup, and tossed the Norwegian-Swedish Union onto the garbage heap of history. Pre-empting anticipated Swedish demands, a pleibicite was conducted in mid August, with an almost unbelievable 99.95% votes for the actions undertaken by the Parliament. Tensions were still running high on both sides of the border, and war was looming between the two nations until mid October - Norway would likely have lost such a war due to Sweden's numerical superiority on land and at sea, but the Norwegians had tailored their forces to counter Swedish tactics (machine-guns against packed infantry formations, torpedo-boats against the Swedish coastal battleships) and their politics against Swedish diplomacy (Great Britain was - more or less - on Norway's side in the conflict)... a Swedish victory would have been hollow and costly.
Looking back it's amazing things went as smoothly as they did... and despite a fair bit of good natured bickering between us, Norway and Sweden have more in common than what sets us apart these days![Smile]( "Smile")
Quote:Since all the members of the cabinet have resigned their positions; since His Majesty the King has declared his inability to obtain for the country a new government; and since the constitutional monarchy has ceased to exist, the Storting hereby authorizes the cabinet that resigned today to exercise the powers held by the King in accordance with the Constitution of Norway and relevant laws - with the amendments necessitated by the dissolution of the union with Sweden under one King, resulting from the fact that the King no longer functions as a Norwegian King.
Apparently, since the main 'meat' of the declaration was in an aside to the main clause, it took the Swedes a little while to realise that Norway had - in essence - rebelled, conducted a palace coup, and tossed the Norwegian-Swedish Union onto the garbage heap of history. Pre-empting anticipated Swedish demands, a pleibicite was conducted in mid August, with an almost unbelievable 99.95% votes for the actions undertaken by the Parliament. Tensions were still running high on both sides of the border, and war was looming between the two nations until mid October - Norway would likely have lost such a war due to Sweden's numerical superiority on land and at sea, but the Norwegians had tailored their forces to counter Swedish tactics (machine-guns against packed infantry formations, torpedo-boats against the Swedish coastal battleships) and their politics against Swedish diplomacy (Great Britain was - more or less - on Norway's side in the conflict)... a Swedish victory would have been hollow and costly.
Looking back it's amazing things went as smoothly as they did... and despite a fair bit of good natured bickering between us, Norway and Sweden have more in common than what sets us apart these days
