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tingent of farmers, businesspeople and politicians gathered at Eidsvoll Verk in April 1814
to draft a new constitution and elect a new Norwegian king. Sweden forced the new king,
Christian Frederik, to yield and accept the Swedish choice of monarch, Karl Johan. War
wasavertedbyacompromisethatprovidedfordevolvedSwedishpower.Norway'sconsti-
tution hadn't lasted long, but it did suggest that Norwegians had had enough.
