Constitution of Norway

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The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway
The front page of Norway's constitution of 4 November 1814 (Novembergrunnloven), which is in the Storting archives.
Overview
Original title	Danish: Kongeriget Norges Grundlov Bokmål: Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov Nynorsk: Kongeriket Noregs Grunnlov
Jurisdiction	Kingdom of Norway
Created	10 April - 16 May 1814
Ratified	16 May 1814
System	Constitutional monarchy
Government structure
Branches	Judicial, Executive, and Legislative
Head of state	Monarchy of Norway
Chambers	Unicameral[a]
Executive	Prime Minister
Judiciary	Supreme court, Court of impeachment, and subordinate courts
Federalism	No
Electoral college	No
First legislature	7 October 1814
Citation	lovdata.no/dokument/NLE/lov/1814-05-17
Location	Storting
Author(s)	Norwegian Constituent Assembly
Supersedes	King's Law (Lex Regia)
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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. The latter date is the 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]} It is the fourth oldest written single-document national constitution in Europe after the Constitution of Poland, the French constitution of 1791, and the Spanish Constitution of 1812. The document is also the second oldest working national constitution in the world, after the Constitution of the United States.^[2] In May 2014, the Storting passed the most substantial changes since 1814, particularly by including paragraphs on human rights.^[3]