Constitution of Iceland

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The Constitution of Iceland is the fundamental legal document that establishes the structure, powers, and limits of the Icelandic state and guarantees the rights of its citizens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
amendmentProcedureRequires parliamentary approval ⓘ
two successive Althing terms ⓘ
amendmentProcedureSometimesRequires national referendum ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Republic of Iceland ⓘ
linked to: Iceland
cameIntoForce 1944-06-17 ⓘ
containsProvisionOn judicial independence ⓘ
local government ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
state religion ⓘ
country Iceland ⓘ
dateAdopted 1944-06-17 ⓘ
definesAsHeadOfGovernment Prime Minister of Iceland ⓘ
definesAsHeadOfState President of Iceland ⓘ
establishesBody Althing ⓘ
Cabinet of Iceland ⓘ
establishesBranch executive branch of Iceland ⓘ
judicial branch of Iceland ⓘ
legislative branch of Iceland ⓘ
establishesOffice President of Iceland ⓘ
Prime Minister of Iceland ⓘ
formOfGovernmentEstablished parliamentary republic ⓘ
guaranteesRight equality before the law ⓘ
freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
right to property ⓘ
right to stand for election ⓘ
right to vote ⓘ
hasPart chapter on human rights ⓘ
chapter on the Althing ⓘ
chapter on the President ⓘ
chapter on the judiciary ⓘ
influencedBy Danish constitutional tradition ⓘ
Nordic constitutional models ⓘ
inForce true ⓘ
legalSystem Nordic legal system ⓘ
civil law ⓘ
legislatureName Althing ⓘ
legislatureType unicameral legislature ⓘ
originalLanguage Icelandic ⓘ
precededBy Constitutional Act of 1874 ⓘ
Constitutional Act of 1920 ⓘ
promulgatedBy Althing ⓘ
President of Iceland ⓘ
replaced Act of Union between Denmark and Iceland ⓘ
shortName Stjórnarskrá lýðveldisins Íslands ⓘ
Stjórnarskrá Íslands ⓘ
stateReligion Evangelical Lutheran Church ⓘ
subjectOf 2010–2013 constitutional reform process ⓘ

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President of Iceland → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
President of Iceland → oathTo → Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
Government of Iceland → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
Supreme Court of Iceland → appliesLaw → Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
Forseti Íslands → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
Forseti Íslands → subordinateTo → Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
Constitution of Iceland → shortName → Stjórnarskrá lýðveldisins Íslands ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Iceland
King of Iceland → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the Kingdom of Iceland ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Iceland
Speaker of the Althing → hasLegalBasis → Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
Prime Minister of Iceland → legalBasis → Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
Judiciary of Iceland → appliesLaw → Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
Judiciary of Iceland → guaranteedBy → Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
Judiciary of Iceland → canInterpret → Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
Stjórnarskrá Íslands → shortName → Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
Act of Union between Denmark and Iceland → replacedBy → Republic of Iceland constitution of 1944 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Iceland
Constitutional Act of 1874 → alsoKnownAs → Icelandic Constitution of 1874 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Iceland
Constitutional Act of 1874 → followedBy → Icelandic Constitution of 1920 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Iceland
Constitutional Act of 1920 → followedBy → modern Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Iceland
Constitutional Act of 1920 → relatedTo → Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
Regent of Iceland → legalBasis → Icelandic constitution of 1920 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Iceland