Show UNION DISSOLVED Norway and Sweden Have Been Formally For-mally Separated Stockholm Sweden The union between be-tween Norway and Sweden existing i since 1814 has been dissolved both housos of the riksdag having passed the government bill repealing the act of union and recognlzlnz Norway asa as-a state separate from the union with Sweden The lower house adopted the bill without debate but two or three members of the senate expressed ex-pressed the opinion that the dissolution dissolu-tion was an Irreparable misfortune and that the time would come when Norway would perceive the benefits of the union Both houses subsequently passed the new flag law The flag will be a yellow cross on a blue ground the Borne as existed prior to 1814 the union mark now showing In the upper up-per loft hand corner being eliminated elimi-nated |