Complex sentence: Long and laborious negotiations followed between the Danish government and the representatives of the Løgting, and after a referendum on 14 September 1946, in which a small majority voted for secession from Denmark, the Home Rule Act came into force on 1 April 1948.
Split into simpler sentences: Long and laborious negotiations followed between the Danish government and the representatives of the Løgting. In stead, as a compromise, the Home Rule Act was constituted and came into force on 1 April 1948.