Constitution of Norway

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foundational legal document written constitution

The Constitution of Norway is the foundational legal document that establishes Norway as a constitutional monarchy, defines the structure and powers of its government, and guarantees fundamental rights and freedoms to its citizens.

Observed surface forms (16)

Surface form Occurrences
Norwegian constitutional law 2
1814 Constitution of Norway 1
Article 12 of the Constitution of Norway 1
Article 13 of the Constitution of Norway 1
Article 22 of the Constitution of Norway 1
Article 3 of the Constitution of Norway 1
Article 9 of the Constitution of Norway 1
Constitution of Norway of 1814 1
Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway 1
Grunnloven 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf foundational legal document ⓘ
written constitution ⓘ
amendableBy Parliament of Norway ⓘ
surface form: Storting
commemoratedOn May 17 ⓘ
contains bill of rights ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
dateAdopted 1814-05-17 ⓘ
definesFormOfGovernment constitutional monarchy ⓘ
definesHeadOfGovernment Prime Minister of Norway ⓘ
definesHeadOfState King of Norway ⓘ
draftedAt Eidsvoll ⓘ
surface form: Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll
establishesExecutive Government of Norway ⓘ
establishesJudiciary Supreme Court of Norway ⓘ
establishesLegislature Parliament of Norway ⓘ
surface form: Storting
guarantees civil liberties ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
fundamental rights ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
hasPart amendment provisions ⓘ
articles ⓘ
preamble ⓘ
highestLawOf Norway ⓘ
inception 1814 ⓘ
inForceIn Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
inspiredBy Enlightenment ideas ⓘ
French constitutions of the late 18th century ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
language Norwegian ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law ⓘ
legalSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
officialName Constitution of Norway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov
officialNameInEnglish Constitution of Norway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway
placeAdopted Eidsvoll ⓘ
protects due process rights ⓘ
minority rights ⓘ
property rights ⓘ
regulates elections to the Storting ⓘ
local self-government framework ⓘ
relationship between King and Government ⓘ
succession to the Norwegian throne ⓘ
requiresForAmendment qualified majority ⓘ
separatesPowers executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
shortName Constitution of Norway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grunnloven
subjectOf Norwegian Constitution Day ⓘ
typeOfNorm primary legislation ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution Day → associatedWith → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
subject surface form: Constitution Day (Norway)
this entity surface form: Norwegian Constitution of 1814
Council of State (Norway) → basedOn → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Article 23 of the Constitution of Norway → belongsTo → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian constitutional framework
King of Norway → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
King of Norway → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 3 of the Constitution of Norway
King of Norway → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 9 of the Constitution of Norway
King of Norway → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 12 of the Constitution of Norway
King of Norway → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 13 of the Constitution of Norway
King of Norway → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 22 of the Constitution of Norway
Council of State → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of State (Norway)
Government of Norway → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Odelsting → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Supreme Court of Norway → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Parliament of Norway → createdBy → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Council of State → establishedBy → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of State (Norway)
this entity surface form: 1814 Constitution of Norway
Supreme Court of Norway → establishedBy → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Norwegian independence movement → hasDocument → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Supreme Court of Norway → interprets → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Article 27 of the Constitution of Norway → isPartOf → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian fundamental law
Kongen i statsråd → legalBasis → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Norwegian Armed Forces → legalBasis → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian Constitution
Norwegian ministries → legalBasis → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Norwegian royal family → legalBasis → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Norwegian coalition governments → legalFramework → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian constitutional law
this entity surface form: Norwegian constitutional law
Prime Minister of Norway → officeCreatedUnder → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Constitution of Norway → officialName → Constitution of Norway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov
Constitution of Norway → officialNameInEnglish → Constitution of Norway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway
Article 23 of the Constitution of Norway → partOf → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Article 25 of the Constitution of Norway → partOf → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Article 27 of the Constitution of Norway → partOf → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Article 30 of the Constitution of Norway → partOf → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Article 31 of the Constitution of Norway → partOf → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Article 32 of the Constitution of Norway → partOf → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Article 48 of the Constitution of Norway → partOf → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Norwegian Constitution Day → relatedDocument → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Act of Succession of 1814 → relatedTo → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
Norwegian independence movement → result → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Norway of 1814
Constitution of Norway → shortName → Constitution of Norway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grunnloven
Norwegian Constitution Day → theme → Constitution of Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian constitution