Nov 28, 2023
The House of Bernadotte's Long Goodbye to Norway
The intriguing story of the final days of Bernadotte rule in Norway prior to the dissolution of the Union with Sweden in 1905
Sweden and Norway had been joined together in a union since 1814. Since then, they had shared a common monarch, who was the pivotal link in that union of two nations, the last of whom would be King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway, who had been crowned as King of Norway in Nidaros Cathedral on 18 July 1873 (and in Stockholm Cathedral as King of Sweden on 12 May 1873) . This Swedish-born King, who…
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