The following describes the office of governor as it was from 1814 during the union with Sweden: The office came into existence by the
Norwegian Constitution, of 4 November 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 led the Government in the absence of the monarch, when he 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 left 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.
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