What did the Treaty of Kiel of January 1814 decide about Norway?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Denmark gave up Norway to the king of Sweden
- Step 1: Denmark-Norway had been on the losing side in the Napoleonic wars. Step 2. In the treaty the Danish king gave Norway to Sweden. Answer: Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden. Why not the others: Norway was not made a republic, was not given to Russia, and did not become independent through this treaty.
Practise more Norwegian and Nordic History.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed Vitnemål Eksamen (Norway) mock tests.
More Norwegian and Nordic History questions
- On what date is the Norwegian Constitution Day celebrated each year?
- Which period in Scandinavian history is usually said to begin with a raid on the monastery of Lindisfarne in 793?
- Which king, according to tradition, united much of Norway after the Battle of Hafrsfjord around 872?
- At which battle in 1030 did King Olav Haraldsson, later called Saint Olav, die?
- Which event of 1066 is often used to mark the end of the Viking Age?
- Which disease reached Norway in 1349 and killed a large part of the population?