Complex sentence: Balchen eventually applied for a concession to establish a deaf school in Christiania, following the King's announcement of a state stipend to a person taking an education suited for creating a such school in South Norway.
Split into simpler sentences: Balchen eventually applied for a concession to establish a deaf school in Christiania. The King had formerly announced a state stipend to a person taking an education suited for creating a deaf school in South Norway.