The Swedes were willing to accept the Norwegian urge for separate consular affairs, but they demanded that Norway accept the precedent under which the union had operated for 90 years, namely that the Foreign Minister be Swedish.
Os suecos estaban dispostos a aceptar a arela norueguesa de separar os asuntos consulares, pero pedían que Noruega aceptase os precedentes sobre os que funcionara a unión durante noventa anos, en concreto, que o minstro de exteriores sexa sueco.