National Monarchy and Norway, 1898-1905
A97,~ NATIONAL MONARCHY AND NORWAY, 1898-1905: A STUDY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MODERN NORWEGIAN MONARCHY DISSERTATION Presented to the Graduate Council of the North Texas State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY By Terje Ivan Leiren, B. A., M. A. Denton, Texas May, 1978 1978 TERJE IVAN LEIREN ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Leiren, Terje I., National Monarchy and Norway, 1898- 1905: A Study of the Establishment of the Modern Norwegian Monarchy. Doctor of Philosophy (History), May, 1978, 275 pp.' preface,appendices, bibliography, 277 titles. In 1905 the modern Norwegian monarchy was established after the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden, a union which had existed since 1814. For the greatest part of the ninety-one years, conflict and controversy dominated relations between the two countries, occasionally threatening the peace in Scandinavia. In 1898, building on Norwegian popular and historical traditions, Sigurd Ibsen formulated a proposal which was in- tended to overcome the hostility of Sweden and to gain the support of monarchical Europe while leading to a satisfactory dissolution of the union. In addition, the proposal outlined a method of procedure which was aimed at setting future pol- icy for separation. Following an introductory discussion on the background of the union, the study examines Ibsen's ideas as they were presented in 1898 and the reaction to them, positive and negative. It is significant that Ibsen's views became ingrained in Norwegian thinking to such an extent that by 1905, when the union was finally dissolved, it was his scenario which gave the government of Christian Michelsen its basis for 1 2 developing a program of independence.
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