[1] Voters were asked whether they approved of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly self-ruling country.

In addition to the positive personal qualities, it was pointed out that he was Scandinavian and would understand the Norwegian language and culture.

Carl's wife Princess Maud was Edward VII's daughter, so he had close ties to the United Kingdom and the British royal family, and an heir-apparent to the throne was already guaranteed through his son, the two-year-old Prince Alexander.

)A majority voted in favour of monarchy, and on 18 November the Parliament formally elected Prince Carl as king.

[2] The prince accepted the election, and on 25 November 1905 the new Norwegian royal family landed at Vippetangen in Christiania (Oslo).