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Norway had several governors-general during its Personal Union With Denmark , most prominent was perhaps Hannibal Sehested ( 1642 to 1651 ). ''The following describes the office of governor as it was from 1814 and the Personal Union With Sweden :'' The office came into existence by the Norwegian Constitution , of November 4 , 1814 where the paragraphs 12, 13 and 15 stipulated that a Governor-general of Swedish or Norwegian nationality could be appointed. The Governor-general resided in Christiania (today Oslo ) and lead the Government in the absence of the Monarch, who resided in his Swedish capital Stockholm . The Council was normally led by the Governor-general, who had two votes, unless the Monarch was present, at which point he would lose his authority and merely become the first among equals, or Prime Minister of the Council. The post was held by Swedish appointees from 1814 until 1829 , when it was vacated by natural causes. Protests would however leave the position empty until 1836 , when it was filled by a Norwegian appointee. He was succeeded in 1841 but the successor Severin Løvenskiold laid down his office in 1856 , after which it would not be reinstated. The demand to abandon the office completely was ultimately granted in 1873 by King Oscar II Of Sweden . LIST OF GOVERNORS-GENERAL UNDER THE SWEDISH CROWN
''Between 1829 and 1836 , the office was vacant.''
''Between 1840 and 1841 , the seat was vacant.''
''Between 1856 and 1873 , the office was vacant, then it was abolished.'' SEE ALSO SOURCES AND REFERENCES (incomplete) |
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