Akershus Fortress surrendered without combat to Hitler & Bernadotte in 1940 -- The Instrument of Government (Swedish: Regeringsformen) adopted on 6 June 1809 by the Riksdag of the Estates was one of the fundamental laws that made up the constitution of Sweden from 1809 to 1974. It came about following the disastrous outcome in the Finnish War, when King Gustav IV Adolf was forced to abdicate, and to go into exile, and was later to be succeeded by his uncle, Charles XIII. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_of_Government_%281809%29 By the Union of Sweden and Norway on 4 November 1814 Charles became king of Norway under the name Carl II of Norway. After eight years as king only by title, Charles died without a natural heir on 5 February 1818, and Bernadotte succeeded him as King Charles XIV John.[12] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XIII_of_Sweden Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan (26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden (as Charles XIV John) and King of Norway (as Charles III John) from 1818 until his death and served as de facto regent and head of state from 1810 to 1818. When he became Swedish royalty, he had also been the Sovereign Prince of Pontecorvo in Central-Southern Italy from 1806 until 1810[1] (title established on June 5 1806 by Napoleon), but then stopped using that title. He was born Jean Bernadotte[2] and subsequently had acquired the full name of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte[3] by the time Carl also was added upon his Swedish adoption in 1810. He did not use Bernadotte in Sweden but founded the royal dynasty there by that name. French by birth, Bernadotte served a long career in the French Army. He was appointed as a Marshal of France by Napoleon I, though the two had a turbulent relationship. His service to France ended in 1810, when he was elected the heir-presumptive to the Swedish throne because the Swedish royal family was dying out with King Charles XIII. Baron Carl Otto Mörner (22 May 1781 – 17 August 1868), a Swedish courtier and obscure member of the Riksdag of the Estates, advocated for the succession.[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XIV_John_of_Sweden 1809 års regeringsform var en grundlag i Sverige som kom till genom grundlagsreformen 1809–1810, och som ersatte det gustavianska enväldet med en grundlag baserad på maktdelningsprincipen. Regeringsformen gällde intill dess att 1974 års regeringsform trädde i kraft den 1 januari 1975, och var under sina sista år världens tredje, efter San Marino[1] och USA[2], äldsta gällande skrivna författning. Reformen skrevs under av kung Karl XIII den 6 juni 1809 och samtliga fyra ständer hade skrivit under per den 27 juni 1809.[3] http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809_%C3%A5rs_regeringsform Sveriges nationaldag och svenska flaggans dag firas den 6 juni varje år och är en helgdag i Sverige. Nationaldagen firas till minne av 1809 års regeringsform (som gällde fram till 1974 års regeringsform). Händelserna har samma datum: 6 juni. Även undertecknandet av Saltsjöbadsavtalet 1938 firas av tradition på nationaldagen 6 juni. Tidigare firades 6 juni enbart som "svenska flaggans dag" och det var först 1983 som dagen även fick status som nationaldag. Sedan 1996 är nationaldagen en salutdag, och från och med 2005 är nationaldagen även en helgdag. http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveriges_nationaldag

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