Stjórnarskrá Íslands

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Stjórnarskrá Íslands is the fundamental law of Iceland that establishes the structure of government, defines the powers of state institutions, and guarantees the rights and freedoms of its citizens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
adopted 1944-06-17 ⓘ
amendmentProcedure requires constitutional amendment law ⓘ
requires intervening parliamentary election ⓘ
requires two successive parliaments ⓘ
appliesTo citizens of Iceland ⓘ
public authorities in Iceland ⓘ
basedOn Danish constitutional tradition ⓘ
Stjórnarskrá konungsríkisins Íslands ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1944-06-17 ⓘ
containsProvisionOn elections to Alþingi ⓘ
judicial independence ⓘ
local government ⓘ
referendums ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
state church ⓘ
country Iceland ⓘ
definesBranchOfGovernment executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
definesOffice Prime Minister of Iceland ⓘ
guarantees equality before the law ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
fundamental human rights ⓘ
protection against arbitrary arrest ⓘ
right to fair trial ⓘ
right to property ⓘ
hasFormOfGovernment parliamentary republic ⓘ
hasPart articles ⓘ
chapters ⓘ
preamble ⓘ
headOfStateDefinedAs President of Iceland ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Iceland ⓘ
linked to: Iceland
language Icelandic ⓘ
legalRank supreme law of Iceland ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
legislatureDefinedAs Alþingi ⓘ
linked to: Althing
officialName Stjórnarskrá lýðveldisins Íslands ⓘ
promulgatedBy Alþingi ⓘ
linked to: Althing

Regent of Iceland ⓘ
replaced Stjórnarskrá konungsríkisins Íslands ⓘ
shortName Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
Stjórnarskrá Íslands ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
subjectMatter powers of state institutions ⓘ
rights and freedoms of citizens ⓘ
structure of government ⓘ

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Constitution of Iceland → shortName → Stjórnarskrá Íslands ⓘ
Stjórnarskrá Íslands → officialName → Stjórnarskrá lýðveldisins Íslands ⓘ
linked to: Stjórnarskrá Íslands
Stjórnarskrá Íslands → shortName → Stjórnarskrá Íslands ⓘ
Stjórnarskrá Íslands → replaced → Stjórnarskrá konungsríkisins Íslands ⓘ
linked to: Stjórnarskrá Íslands
Stjórnarskrá Íslands → basedOn → Stjórnarskrá konungsríkisins Íslands ⓘ
linked to: Stjórnarskrá Íslands
Constitutional Act of 1874 → alsoKnownAs → Stjórnarskráin 1874 ⓘ
linked to: Stjórnarskrá Íslands