Complex sentence: King Carl Johan bore the sword during the Battle of Leipzig; when he acquired the Norwegian regalia in 1818, he had the blade of the sword refashioned, in order that its symbolic language might correspond to its new function.
Split into simpler sentences: King Carl Johan bore the sword during the Battle of Leipzig. When Carl Johan acquired the Norwegian regalia in 1818, he had the blade of the sword refashioned, in order that its symbolic language might correspond to its new function.