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'''Constitution of Norway''' (complete name: '''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}}; 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]]. It was considered one of the world's most liberal and democratic constitutions, and it is the second oldest written single-document national constitution in [[Europe]] after the [[Constitution of 3 May 1791|Constitution of Poland (3 May 1791)]], and the [[List of national constitutions|second oldest]] working national constitution after the [[Constitution of the United States]]. 17 May is the [[Norwegian Constitution Day|National Day of Norway]].

 

==Language==

The events and the constitution of 1814 have a central place in Norwegian identity. For this reason, and to keep the text as consistent as possible, changes are written in a language close to the original. In 1814, [[Danish language|Danish]] was still the universal written language. The current two official varieties of written Norwegian language, [[Bokmål]] and [[Nynorsk]] (until 1929 called [[Riksmål]] and [[Landsmål]] respectively), were not developed until the late 19th century. In 1903, the constitution underwent a very slight linguistic revision, changing the spelling of some words where orthography had changed since 1814 but still retaining a conservative 19th century Danish.

 

 

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