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{{Short description|
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{{Expand Norwegian|topic=gov|Norges Grunnlov|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox constitution
| document_name =
| image = Norges grunnlov av 4. november 1814, forsiden.jpg
| caption = The front page of Norway's constitution of 4 November 1814 ([[:no:Novembergrunnloven|Novembergrunnloven]]), which is in the Storting archives.
| orig_lang_code =da
| title_orig = {{lang-da|Kongeriget Norges Grundlov}}<br>
{{lang-nb|Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov}}<br>
{{lang-nn|Kongeriket Noregs Grunnlov}}
| jurisdiction =[[Kingdom of Norway]]
| date_created =10 April - 16 May 1814
| date_ratified =16 May 1814
| system =[[Constitutional
| branches =[[Separation of powers|Judicial, Executive, and Legislative]]
| chambers =[[Unicameral]]{{ref|a|[a]}}
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The '''Constitution of Norway''' (complete name: '''The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway'''; [[Danish language|Danish]]: {{lang|da|Kongeriget Norges Grundlov}};<ref>Lovdata.no: [http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-18140517-000.html LOV 1814-05-17 nr 00: Kongeriget Norges Grundlov]</ref> [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] [[Bokmål]]: {{lang|nb|Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov}}; [[Nynorsk|Norwegian Nynorsk]]: {{lang|nn|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 [[Norwegian Constitution Day|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|date=May 2023}} It is the fourth oldest written single-document national constitution in [[Europe]] after the [[Constitution of 3 May 1791|Constitution of Poland]], the [[French constitution of 1791]], and the [[Spanish Constitution of 1812]]. The document is also the [[List of national constitutions|second oldest]] working national constitution in the world, after the [[Constitution of the United States]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-01-19|title=The Constitution|url=https://www.stortinget.no/en/In-English/About-the-Storting/The-Constitution/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Stortinget|language=en}}</ref> In May 2014, the [[Storting]] passed the most substantial changes since 1814, particularly by including paragraphs on human rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/Gar-utenom-7599077.html|title=Går utenom|website=aftenposten.no|access-date=21 March 2018}} [https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/i/Eoexj/Gar-utenom&xid=17259,15700019,15700124,15700126,15700149,15700186,15700191,15700201&usg=ALkJrhiwnjlYeWE755OtfdnwS4V1GtEk8w Translation.]</ref>
==History==
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===Writing the constitution===
Until 1814, Norway was part of the Kingdom of [[
The Norwegian constitution was inspired by the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] in 1776 and the [[French
The constitution shows a curious mix of radical and traditional values. The principle of [[separation of powers]] between the executive, legislative and judicial branches was directly inspired by radical ideas from the US and French systems. The retention of a king, a [[Church of Norway|constitutional church]], defined as Evangelical-Lutheran, and the [[Jesuit clause|banning of Jesuits]], monastic orders, and Jews, which latter were not allowed to travel to Norway, in the face of [[Republicanism]] was a traditionalist move; however, the king's power was severely curtailed, and the church very much under the control of the elected body. Suffrage was extended, but was still restricted to certain groups of men. All men who were either farmers possessing their own land, civil servants, or urban property owners could vote. With this, about half of all Norwegian men were granted the right to vote.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}
===The union with Sweden===
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The union amendments were revoked after the dissolution of the 91-year union in 1905. The question of a King was again considered, and the Storting elected to offer the throne to the 33-year-old Prince Carl of Denmark, married to Princess [[Maud of Wales]], the daughter of [[King Edward VII]] of the United Kingdom. By bringing in a king with British royal ties, it was hoped that Norway could court Britain's support. Additionally, Prince Carl was related on his father's side to Norway's medieval kings.
Prince Carl, however, was well aware of a surge of republicanism in Norway and of the constitutional situation of the Norwegian throne. He insisted that he would accept the crown only if the Norwegian people expressed their will for monarchy by referendum and if the parliament then elected him king. On 13 November, the [[Norwegian monarchy plebiscite, 1905|Norwegian votes decided on monarchy]] with a
=== World War II ===
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While radical in its day, the constitution of 1814 was a product of its age. As Norwegian democracy developed, some parts of it began to look increasingly dated. For example, the executive power, which in the constitution is consistently attributed to the King, came increasingly to rest in his Council of State ({{Lang|no|statsråd}}). Similarly, the King originally had the right to appoint members of the Council, who were answerable to him alone, and they could not be chosen from the members of the [[Storting]]. With the establishment of [[parliamentarism]] in 1884, the Council was effectively chosen by general election, in that the King appointed only members of the party or coalition having a majority in the Storting. Further, the Council became answerable to the Storting, in the sense that a failed vote of confidence would cause the government to resign. This last happened in March 2000, when the governing coalition refused introduction of electrical power stations based on natural gas on environmental grounds, which a majority of the Storting supported.<ref>{{cite news|title=Regjeringen går av|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=4600749|access-date=29 November 2013|newspaper=[[Verdens Gang]]|date=9 March 2000}}</ref>
As a relic from the earlier laws of [[
Universal ''male'' [[suffrage]] was introduced in Norway in 1898 and [[universal suffrage]] in 1913 by amendments of the constitution.
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The Norwegian High Court of the Realm is warranted by the constitution and was frequently used by the Storting as a political tool to control the government during the 19th century, but no [[impeachment (Norway)|impeachment]]s had been made since 1927. A parliamentary report and a proposition for constitutional amendment was presented in 2004 to change the legal basis of the High Court of the Realm and reduce its political bias.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://www.stortinget.no/saker/dokumenter/2003-2004/dok12-200304-001.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529121831/http://www.stortinget.no/saker/dokumenter/2003-2004/dok12-200304-001.pdf|archive-date=2008-05-29|access-date=2005-09-19}}</ref> The proposal was passed by a unanimous Storting on 20 February 2007, and came into effect in 2009. The new court of impeachment is composed of five regular [[Supreme Court of Norway]] judges and six lay judges appointed by the Storting.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-02-27|title=Riksrett|url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Stortinget-og-demokratiet/Arbeidet/Riksrett/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Stortinget|language=no}}</ref>
In May 2012, parliament passed a constitutional amendment, for the second time, to separate church and state.<ref>{{cite web|title=Norway makes another step in the long road to separating church and state|url=http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2012/05/norway-shows-the-way-by-separating-church-and-state|access-date=21 March 2018|website=secularism.org.uk|date=15 May 2012 }}</ref> This formally made Norway a secular country with no official religion, although the Church of Norway is still mentioned in the Constitution. Article 12 in the constitution, which stated that more than half of the persons in the Council of State had to be members of the state church was also repealed.<ref>{{cite web|title='King Harald's faith' - comment in Aftenposten (in Norwegian)|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/article2391871.ece|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717190842/http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/article2391871.ece|archive-date=17 July 2012|access-date=21 March 2018|website=aftenposten.no}}</ref><ref>Plesner, I.T. "State church and church autonomy." in ''CHURCH AUTONOMY: A COMPARATIVE SURVEY'' (Gerhard Robbers,
ed., Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2001). {{cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://www.iclrs.org/strasbourg/robbers/chapters/ch22.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219043022/http://www.iclrs.org/strasbourg/robbers/chapters/ch22.pdf|archive-date=2008-12-19|access-date=2008-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lovdata|url=http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-18140517-000.html#12|access-date=21 March 2018|website=lovdata.no}}</ref>
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* Update the language to one of the spelling reforms, 1917, 1938, or 1959. This would still be fairly conservative language but closer to today's speech.
In 2014, when the language in the constitution was officially revised they went with the first approach, which produced an updated [[Bokmål]] version and a completely new modern [[Nynorsk]] version.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/1814-05-17|title=Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov
The Norwegian constitution has a version written in English, provided by the [[Storting]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway - Lovdata|url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/NLE/lov/1814-05-17|access-date=2021-02-21|website=lovdata.no}}</ref>
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Each autumn the Storting is formally opened by the King. In an election year, the session starts with representatives for each county being formally recognised as the lawful representatives. This happens every fourth year (the Norwegian Constitution does not allow for intra-period [[snap election]]s).
After the session is opened and a secretary and president are elected for the period, the King addresses the representatives with the {{Lang|no|Trontale}} ('Speech from the Throne') in his capacity as formal head of state. The {{Lang|no|Trontale}} summarizes the government's program for the coming year, and while delivered by the King, is written by the sitting government.<ref>{{cite web|last=L.H.|first=Barstad|title=The State Opening of the Storting|date=2 October 2013 |url=http://www.stortinget.no/en/In-English/About-the-Storting/News-archive/Front-page-news/2013-2014/THE-STATE-OPENING-OF-THE-STORTING/|publisher=Stortinget (official Parliament website)|access-date=29 November 2013}}</ref> The {{Lang|no|Trontale}} is followed by a general debate, where the opposition states their main points for the year to come. Following the debate, the youngest member of the cabinet reads The Report on the State of the Realm.<ref>{{cite web|last=Måseide|first=T.|title=The Report on the State of the Realm|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/smk/documents/The-Report-on-the-State-of-the-Realm.html?id=87168|work=Office of the Prime Minister|date=4 October 2006 |publisher=Government.no|access-date=29 November 2013}}</ref>
==Summary of text==
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