Norwegian Constitution

The Constitution of Norway was first adopted on May 17, 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll (a small town north of the country's capital, Christiania). After a short war with neighbouring Sweden, Norway was forced to enter into a personal union with that country and amend its constitution accordingly November 4, 1814. Those amendments were revoked after the dissolution of the ninety-one-year-old union — the beginning of modern Norway's independence — 7 June 1905. Several other amendments have been adopted since 1814, the most recent on 23 July 1995.

See also: Norwegian Constitution Day.