Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Declaration
The Storting declared that King Oscar II had ceased to function as King of Norway, thereby asserting that the personal union with Sweden was dissolved, a position confirmed by referendum that August.
Significance here: The Storting's declaration that began the dissolution of the union with Sweden.
· Agreement
Following negotiations at Karlstad, Sweden recognised Norwegian independence on 26 October 1905, formally dissolving the union.
Significance here: The formal, negotiated end of the union between Norway and Sweden.
· Referendum or popular consultation
A referendum on 12-13 November 1905 decided Norway's form of government by 259,563 votes for a monarchy to 69,264 for a republic; Prince Carl of Denmark had insisted on this referendum before he would accept the throne, and he was formally offered it on 18 November, becoming King Haakon VII.
Significance here: Settled Norway's form of government and led directly to the selection of its first independent monarch since 1387.
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