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In his absence, the king is represented by the Council 

 of State (Statsraacl), which must be composed entirely 

 of Norwefrians, and consist of two Ministers of State 

 (Cabinet Ministers), and nine other Councillors of State. 

 As with us, the king personally can do no wrong ; the 

 responsibility for his acts rests with his ministers. Of 

 the State Council, or Privy Council (above spoken of), 

 three members, one a Cabinet Minister, and two ordi- 

 nary members of the Privy Council, are always in attend- 

 ance upon the king, whether he is residing in Norway 

 or Sweden, The rest of the council forms the Norwegian 

 Government resident in the country. All functionaries 

 are appointed by the king, with the advice of this Council 

 of State. The officials, who form what we should call 

 the Government (as distinguished from what we should 

 call the Civil Service), together with the prefets (Amt- 

 men) and the higher grades of the army are, nominally, 

 removable by the king ; but, if removed, they continue 

 to draw two-thirds of their salary until their case has 

 come before Parliament (the Stor-thing, Great Thing), 

 which decides upon their pensions. The king is 

 commander of the military and naval forces of the 

 country, and these cannot be augmented, except by 

 permission of Parliament. No foreign troops may be 

 brought into the country in time of peace ; not evun 

 Swedish, except for the quite temporary purpose of 

 joining the Norwegian troops in military manoeuvres. 



In the same way, the Norwegian navy is quite 

 separate from the Swedish navy, and may not be 

 manned by other than Norwegian sailors. Neither 

 army nor navy can be employed in offensive operations 

 without the consent of Parliament. 



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