page_title: Battle of the Square
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of the Square
caption_attribution_description: Beskrivelse / Description: Torgslaget eller Torvslaget var en hendelse som oppsto da den svenske stattholderen, grev Baltzar von Platen satte kavaleri inn mot Osloborgere og studenter den 17. mai 1829. Karl Johan hadde forbudt enhver festligholdelse av dagen, men en større menneskemengde hadde om ettermiddagen hilst dampskipet Constitutionens ankomst med hurrarop og sang og var deretter dratt opp til Stortorvet (kilde: snl.no og wikipedia). Dato / Date: 1829 Sted / Place: Oslo Kreditering / Credit: Koloreret Pennetegning af Literat Reimers Digital kopi av original / Digital copy of original: kolorert litografi med påskrift Eier / Owner Institution: Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway Lenke / Link: &lt;a href="http://www.nb.no" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.nb.no&lt;/a&gt; Bildesignatur / Image Number: blds_01856
context_page_description: The Battle of the Square was a skirmish between Norwegian demonstrators and forces of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway that took place in Christiania in the evening of 17 May 1829.
  The demonstrators were participating in the annual celebration of the Constitution of Norway, which was outlawed by Charles XIV John of Sweden, King of Sweden and Norway, the previous year. The intervention by police and troops roused civic outrage in Norway, and forced Charles XIV to lift the prohibition.
context_section_description: The Battle of the Square (Norwegian: Torvslaget) was a skirmish between Norwegian demonstrators and forces of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway that took place in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway) in the evening of 17 May 1829.
  The demonstrators were participating in the annual celebration of the Constitution of Norway, which was outlawed by Charles XIV John of Sweden, King of Sweden and Norway, the previous year. The intervention by police and troops roused civic outrage in Norway, and forced Charles XIV to lift the prohibition.
caption: The Battle of the Square arose when the Swedish governor, Count Baltzar von Platen put cavalry towards oslo citizens and students on 17 May 1829. King Charles XIV John had forbidden any festive celebration of the day, but a bigger crowd had the afternoon greeted steamship "Constitutionen" s arrival with cheers and song and was then dragged up to Stortorvet
  Spreckled penn drawing by Literat Reimers / National Library of Norway
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