Although many prominent right-wing Swedish politicians favoured a hard-line approach to the issue, historical scholars have found that the Swedish King had determined early on that it would be better to lose the union than risk a war with Norway.
雖然瑞典大部分右翼政客都傾向以強硬態度應對，但歷史學家指出國王一早已決定：寧可失去聯合，也不與挪威開戰。