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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.
Grunnlovsforsamlingen Eidsvoll 1814 - painting by Oscar Wergeland.The speaker is C.M.Falsen and next to him sits W.F.K.Christie. The Norwegian Constituent Assembly (Norwegian: Grunnlovsforsamlingen or Riksforsamlingen) is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised the dissolution of the union with Denmark.
A government was established and a constitution written, under which Christian Frederick was elected king of Norway in May 1814. The fledgeling Norwegian state was unable to gain support or recognition from any foreign powers, and was defeated in a two-week war with Sweden in the summer of 1814.
The Constituent Assembly convened at Eidsvoll Manor to draw up the Constitution of Norway. The delegates were popularly dubbed the "Eidsvoll men" (Eidsvollsmennene). The new constitution was agreed on 16 May 1814, and signed and dated the following day. Elections to a second Constituent Assembly were held on 14 August. [1]
16 May – The Constitution of Norway was adopted by the Constituent Assembly. 17 May – The Constitution of Norway was signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik was elected King of Norway by the Constituent Assembly. 20 May – The last day in session for the Constituent Assembly. 26 July – The Swedish campaign against Norway ...
The sentence "Laws, not men should govern" was directly translated from the Massachusetts Constitution. [25] When Norway joined the U.S. in 1814 as one of the world's first constitutional states, a proposal was made to the Constitutional Assembly that Norway would adopt The Star-Spangled Banner as a new national flag, with five stars, one for ...
Constituent Assembly elections were held in Norway during the Autumn of 1814. [1] The Assembly approved the November constitution , ratified the Union with Sweden and disbanded. As political parties were not officially established until 1884, [ 2 ] all those elected were independents.
The three distinctive sections of Norwegian law are the Constitution, then ordinary statutes and followed by the regulations derived from statutes [8] Norway adopted its Constitution in 1814 and holds the position of the second oldest hand-written Constitution in the world which is still in use. The Constitution consists of a set of Norwegian ...