Talk:Lovisa of Sweden
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The article says: Contrary to other Scandinavian monarchies, which were elective, Norway was a hereditary kingdom from its beginning. The succession rules were somewhat loose, but agnatic members of the Fairhair dynasty had higher claim. After its extinction in the Middle Ages, the crown of Norway was inherited in female line, firstly by a Swedish prince, then by Danish princes and kings. Norway came to belong to Charles XIII of Sweden not only as a result of war, but also because he was a descendant of a junior branch of the Oldenburg House, the Norwegian Royal House of that time. Old traditions of Norwegian succession did not preclude succession through a female line; therefore it was relatively easy to set aside the restrictions of a relatively new constitution
King Haakon was elected to the throne in 1905, the historical succession arguments only supported his candidature, they were not the decisive point, as one might think after reading this article! Fredrik from norway, 06.04.2006, 17:24
The article says it was against tradition of Sweden and Norway to have a female monarch, but this is not correct; the Swedish constitution proclaimed female succession in 1604, and after this had two female monarchs, but the new constitution of 1809 did not include this; Norway may have ben different. I have changed the article accordingly.
