The Swedish government had for several years insisted that laws governing foreign affairs had to be a part of the union agreement, and as such, consular laws could not be passed by the Norwegian Storting without consent of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag).
O goberno sueco insistira durante varios anos que as leis que gobernaban os asuntos estranxeiros tiñan que ser parte do acordo de unión, e polo tanto as leis consulares non podían ser asumidas polo Storting sen o consentimento do parlamento sueco (Riksdag).