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The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway
The front page of Norway's constitution of 4 November 1814 (Novembergrunnloven), which is in the Storting archives.
Overview
Original title
Danish: Kongeriget Norges Grundlov
Bokmål: Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov
Nynorsk: Kongeriket Noregs Grunnlov
Jurisdiction
Kingdom of Norway
Created
10 April - 16 May 1814
Ratified
16 May 1814
System
Constitutional monarchy
Government structure
Branches
Judicial, Executive, and Legislative
Head of state
Monarchy of Norway
Chambers
Unicameral[a]
Executive
Prime Minister
Judiciary
Supreme court, Court of impeachment, and subordinate courts
Federalism
No
Electoral college
No
First legislature
7 October 1814
Citation
lovdata.no/dokument/NLE/lov/1814-05-17
Location
Storting
Author(s)
Norwegian Constituent Assembly
Supersedes
King's Law (Lex Regia)
Full text
Constitution of Norway at Wikisource
Politics of Norway
Constitution
Monarchy
King Harald V
Crown Prince Haakon
Government
Council of State (current cabinet)
Prime Minister (list)
Jonas Gahr Støre
List of governments
Parliament
Storting
President: Masud Gharahkhani
Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman
Political parties
Politicians
Recent elections
Parliamentary: 2021
2017
2013
2009
Local: 2023
2019
2015
2011
Local government
Administrative divisions
Counties (Fylker)
Municipalities (Kommuner)
Sámi Parliament
Foreign relations
European Union relations
Membership of International organizations
Norway portal
Other countries
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The Constitution of Norway (complete name: The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway; Danish: Kongeriget Norges Grundlov;[1] Norwegian Bokmål: Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov; Norwegian Nynorsk: Kongeriket Noregs Grunnlov) was adopted on 16 May and signed on 17 May 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll. The latter date is the National Day of Norway; it marks the establishment of the constitution.
It is considered one of the world's most liberal and democratic constitutions.[citation needed] It is the fourth oldest written single-document national constitution in Europe after the Constitution of Poland, the French constitution of 1791, and the Spanish Constitution of 1812. The document is also the second oldest working national constitution in the world, after the Constitution of the United States.[2] In May 2014, the Storting passed the most substantial changes since 1814, particularly by including paragraphs on human rights.[3]
^Lovdata.no: LOV 1814-05-17 nr 00: Kongeriget Norges Grundlov
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Global Information
Constitution of Norway at Wikisource
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