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minister of state residing at Stockholm (or if he should be
prevented, a councillor as his substitute) should in future be present
during the report on diplomatic affairs regarding Norway only
or common to both kingdoms.
The civil list and the appanages of the princes and princesses
of the royal house are fixed annually by the Storthing.
It belongs to the king to open the sessions of the Storthing
and to prorogue it. But he cannot dissolve it nor issue writs for
a new election before the expiration of the triennial mandate of
the representatives. The king can, if necessary, convoke the
Storthing to an extraordinary session. He can prorogue the ordinary
sessions after the lapse of two months, and the extraordinary
sessions, when he pleases.
The royal «propositions» to the Storthing in the matter of
bills as well as those concerning the annual budget of the State,
the imposts and extraordinary grants, or other matters that the
king wishes to submit to the examination or vote of the Storthing
are always presented to it by a councillor of state.
The constitution has positive provisions as to the king’s right
of veto only in the case of laws which do not modify the
constitution (or Act of Union) or make additions to it, which
circumstance has been the cause of frequent controversies between the
government and the Storthing. All laws, however, introducing
such modifications have till the present time been sanctioned by
the king. [1]
The king has always ordered the execution of imposts and
grants voted by the Storthing, even when they were initiated by
the royal propositions.
According to § 77 of the constitution, the resolutions approved
separately by the Odelsthing and the Lagthing must be sanctioned
by the king to become laws, even those proposed by the
government and voted without modifications. But according to § 79,
the king’s veto is only suspensory. If three successive Storthings
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