Constituent Assembly of Norway in 1814

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The Constituent Assembly of Norway in 1814 was the national gathering of representatives that drafted and adopted Norway’s constitution, laying the foundation for the modern Norwegian state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
aim to draft a liberal constitution ⓘ
to establish a sovereign Norwegian state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eidsvoll Assembly ⓘ
Riksforsamlingen på Eidsvoll ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
commemoratedBy Norwegian Constitution Day ⓘ
commemorationDate May 17 ⓘ
convenedBy Prince Christian Frederick of Denmark and Norway ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
dateOfAdoptionOfConstitution 1814-05-17 ⓘ
endDate 1814-05-20 ⓘ
followedBy Convention of Moss ⓘ
election of Christian Frederick as King of Norway ⓘ
union between Sweden and Norway ⓘ
hasNumberOfRepresentatives 112 ⓘ
hasPart debates on separation from Denmark ⓘ
debates on union with Sweden ⓘ
drafting of the constitutional text ⓘ
heritageStatus foundational event of the modern Norwegian state ⓘ
historicalPeriod Napoleonic Wars aftermath ⓘ
languageOfWork Norwegian ⓘ
legalDocumentCreated Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway of 17 May 1814 ⓘ
location Eidsvoll ⓘ
Eidsvoll Manor ⓘ
linked to: Eidsvollsbygningen
mainSubject Norwegian independence ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
partOf Norwegian independence movement of 1814 ⓘ
politicalAlignment independence party ⓘ
prince’s party ⓘ
union party ⓘ
president Georg Sverdrup ⓘ
reason Treaty of Kiel 1814 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Kiel
result Constitution of Norway ⓘ
establishment of Norway as a constitutional monarchy ⓘ
secretary Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of the Constitution of Norway ⓘ
drafting of the Constitution of Norway ⓘ
significantPerson Carsten Anker ⓘ
Christian Magnus Falsen ⓘ
Georg Sverdrup ⓘ
Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg ⓘ
Lars Larsen Forsæth ⓘ
Nicolai Wergeland ⓘ
Peder Anker ⓘ
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie ⓘ
startDate 1814-04-10 ⓘ
vicePresident Christian Magnus Falsen ⓘ

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Eidsvoll → event → Constituent Assembly of Norway in 1814 ⓘ
Treaty of Kiel → ledTo → Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll ⓘ
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Constitution of 17 May 1814 → draftedBy → Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll ⓘ
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Eidsvoll municipality → hasHistoricalEvent → Norwegian Constituent Assembly of 1814 ⓘ
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Christian Magnus Falsen → positionHeld → president of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
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Christian Magnus Falsen → participantIn → Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll ⓘ
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Georg Sverdrup → partOf → Norwegian Constituent Assembly political leadership ⓘ
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Constituent Assembly of Norway in 1814 → alsoKnownAs → Riksforsamlingen på Eidsvoll ⓘ
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Constituent Assembly of Norway in 1814 → alsoKnownAs → Eidsvoll Assembly ⓘ
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Eidsvoll 1814 museum → locatedAtSiteOf → Eidsvoll assembly of 1814 ⓘ
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Dovre → associatedWith → Norwegian constitution oath at Eidsvoll ⓘ
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Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg → participatedIn → Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll ⓘ
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Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg → represented → Jarlsberg og Laurvigs amt at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
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