A special treaty of union between Denmark and Norway, drafted in Danish and serving Danish interests but pledging a separate Norse legislature (a promise that will be unkept by Denmark), is signed on August 29 in Bergen.

Norway had of old been a hereditary monarchy, but this had become less and less a reality, as at the last royal successions, hereditary claims had been bypassed for political reasons.

It is now explicitly stated that Norway, as well as Denmark, is an elective monarchy.

The treaty stipulates that Denmark and Norway should have the same king in perpetuity, and that he would be elected among the legitimate sons of the previous king, if such existed.

During the next seven decades, struggle for power and the wars between Sweden and Denmark will dominate the union, as Norway slips ever more to the background under the Oldenburg dynasty.