Norway's democracy by mid-century, is limited by…

Norway's democracy by mid-century, is limited by modern standards: voting is limited to officials, property owners, leaseholders and burghers of incorporated towns.

Still, Norway remains a conservative society.

Life in Norway (especially economic life) is "dominated by the aristocracy of professional men who filled most of the important posts in the central government".

There is no strong bourgeosie class in Norway to demand a breakdown of this aristocratic control of the economy.

Thus, even while revolution sweeps over most of the countries of Europe in 1848, Norway was largely unaffected by revolts this year.