Kung Oskar II Fredrik av Sverige & Norge

1829 - 1907  (78 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Oskar II Fredrik av Sverige & Norge
  Prefix	Kung
  Birth	21 Jan 1829	Stockholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	*
  Death	8 Dec 1907	Royal Palace, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige
  Siblings	4 Siblings
  + 1. Kung Carl XV Ludvig Eugène av Sverige och Norge,   b. 3 May 1826, Royal Palace, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige d. 19 Aug 1872, Malmö, Skåne, , Sverige  (Age 46 years) ▻ Prinses Wilhelmina Friederike Alexandrine Anna Louise van Oranje-Nassau,  m. 19 Jun 1850 ;     2. Hertog Franz Gustaf Oscar av Sverige,   b. 18 Jun 1827   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Kung Oskar II Fredrik av Sverige & Norge,   b. 21 Jan 1829, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige d. 8 Dec 1907, Royal Palace, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige  (Age 78 years) ▻ Prinzessin Sophia Wilhelmine Mariane Henriette von Nassau,  m. 6 Jun 1857   4. Prinses Charlotte Eugenie Auguste Amalie Albertine av Sverige,   b. 24 Apr 1830   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Prinz Carl Nicolaus August av Sverige,   b. 24 Aug 1831   d. 4 Mar 1873  (Age 41 years) ▻ Prinzessin Therese Amalia Caroline Josephine Antoinette von Sachsen-Altenburg
  Person ID	I51532	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	22 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Kung Joseph François Oscar I av Sverige & Norge,   b. 4 Jul 1799, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 8 Jul 1859 (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Prinzessin Josephine de Beauharnais,   b. 14 Mar 1807   d. 1876 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1823
  Family ID	F3128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Prinzessin Sophia Wilhelmine Mariane Henriette von Nassau,   b. 9 Jul 1836, Biebrich d. 30 Dec 1913, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1857
  Children	+ 1. Kung Gustaf V av Sverige,   b. 16 Jun 1858, Schloss Drottningholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige d. 29 Oct 1950, Schloss Drottningholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige (Age 92 years) + 2. Prinz Oskar Karl August Bernadotte av Wisborg,   b. 15 Nov 1859, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige d. 4 Oct 1953, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige (Age 93 years) + 3. Prinz Oskar Carl Wilhelm av Sverige,   b. 27 Feb 1861, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige d. 24 Oct 1951, Hovslagaregatan, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige (Age 90 years) + 4. Eugen Napoleon Nikolaus av Sverige,   b. 1 Aug 1865   d. 1947 (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F20926	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

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  		Birth - 21 Jan 1829 - Stockholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige Death - 8 Dec 1907 - Royal Palace, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige  = Link to Google Earth
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  Fotograf ukjent. Originalen måler 20x25 cm. Plassering: Svenske kongehus, foliant. .

  
  

• Notes

  King 1872-1907 Duke of Östergötland. King of Sweden and Norway upon the death of his brother on 18 of September 1872. Crowned in Stockholm 12 of May 1873 and in the Cathedral of Trondheim 18 of July 1873. Deposed as King of Norway by the Norwegian Parliament 7 of June 1905. Motto 1872-1905: For the good of the kindred nations Motto 1905-1907: For Sweden's good Oscar II, a naval officer who already wrote and spoke Norwegian and who knew Norway at first hand, succeeded in 1872. He was to be the last Bernadotte king of Norway, though his son Carl's daughter Märtha later became Crown Princess of Norway. King Oscar´s conflicts with Norwegian parliamentarians were continuous and intense, involving the perennial question of the separation of powers in the state and the tricky matter of the king´s absolute right of veto. His stance on various problems was unbending, so that issues requiring tact and compromise escalated time and again into potentially dangerous crises. The Norwegian reaction was to move towards more stable parliamentarianism, and to work for the dissolution of the union as the only way to achieve greater national freedom. The stumbling block at every turn was felt to be the king himself who seemed incapable of compromise. Norway, for instance, was still required to have a second `prime minister´, as well as two cabinet ministers, in Stockholm to lay government matters directly before the king - a cumbersome and unjust routine in Norwegian eyes. But the insuperable problem was disagreement over the consular service. Dissolution of the Union The breaking point came with Norway´s demand for separate consuls, a necessary service for a country with the world's fourth largest merchant fleet. When King Oscar declared himself unable to sanction the requisite law, although it had been passed by both chambers of the national assembly, the Norwegian government submitted its resignation. At first the king refused to accept it on the grounds that it was not possible to form any other government The Storting then adopted the resolution of 7 June dissolving the union with Sweden. At the same time it transferred to the Government the royal functions which the monarch could no longer perform. Before accepting dissolution as a fact, the Swedes demanded a public referendum to be certain the Norwegian people agreed with the Storting. As it proved, the national support was massive. But the tricky period of diplomatic manoeuvres was a strain on relations between Norway, Sweden and Denmark, until the two former `brother-nations´ finally hammered out an agreement at Karlstad. King Oscar laid down the Norwegian crown on 26 October 1905. Right to the end he seemed blind to all the omens and he was even grieved at having to give up the throne of Norway. But he also refused to permit any member of his House to accept Norway´s offer of the vacant throne.