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kings and a constitutional ruler in the best sense of the word . His reign was remarkable for its manifold and far-reaching reforms . Sweden's existing communal See also:

law (1862), ecclesiastical law (1863) and criminal law (1864) were enacted appropriately enough under the direction of a king whose See also:

MOTTO (an Italian word, from Late Lat. muttum, a low sound, a mutter or murmur, cf. mutere, to mutter; the Latin word also gives Fr. mot, word)

motto was: "Build up the See also:

LAND

land upon the See also:

LAWS

laws!" Charles XV. also materially assisted De Geer (q.v.) to carry through his memorable reform of the constitution in 1863 . Charles was a warm See also:

ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate of " Scandinavianism " and the See also:

POLITICAL

political solidarity of the three See also:

NORTHERN

northern kingdoms, and his warm friendship for Frederick VII., it is said, led him to give See also:

HALF

half promises of help to See also:

Denmark on the See also:

eve of the See also:

war of 1864, which, in the circumstances, were perhaps misleading and unjustifiable . In view, however, of the unpreparedness of the See also:

SWEDISH

Swedish See also:

army and the difficulties of the situation, Charles was forced to observe a strict See also:

NEUTRALITY

neutrality . He died at See also:

MALMO

Malmo on the 18th of September 1872 . Charles XV. was highly gifted in many directions . He attained to some See also:

EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence as a painter, and his Digte show him to have been a true poet .

He See also:

LEFT

left but one See also:

child, a daughter, Louisa Josephina Eugenia, who in 1869 married the crown-prince Frederick of Denmark . See See also:

CECILIA, SAINT

Cecilia See also:

Bath-Holmberg, Carl X V., som enskild See also:

man, konung och konstndr (See also:

STOCKHOLM

Stockholm, 1891); Yngvar Nielsen, Det norske og svenske Kongehus fra 1828 (See also:

CHRISTIANIA (officially KRISTIANIA)

Christiania, 1883) . (R . N .

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