Norway
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- May 17, 1814, amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- set of customary norms, common law, and civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- modified unicameral Parliament (Storting)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, with judges appointed by the king
RELIGIONS
85.7% Church of Norway, other Christian and Muslim minorities
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2008NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1905, Norway has been fully abolitionist since 1979.
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1905, Norway has been fully abolitionist since 1979.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Norway voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Norway voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1905, Norway has been fully abolitionist since 1979.
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1905, Norway has been fully abolitionist since 1979.
- APRIL 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FORMER NORWEGIAN PM URGES IRAN NOT TO HANG DISSIDENT
former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik appealed to the Iranian government not to go ahead as planned with the execution of long-time political prisoner Valiollah Feyz-Mahdavi.
- JANUARY 1, 2006NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1905, Norway has been fully abolitionist since 1979.
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1905, Norway has been fully abolitionist since 1979.
- AUGUST 18, 2005NorwayDEATH PENALTY
NORWAY. NORWAY RATIFIES PROTOCOL ON THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Norway ratified Protocol No. 13 to the European Human Rights Convention concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances, including crimes committed in war or under the threat of war.
- APRIL 20, 2005NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Norway was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Norway was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1905, Norway has been fully abolitionist since 1979.
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1905, Norway has been fully abolitionist since 1979.
- APRIL 21, 2004NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Norway was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Norway was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 8, 2004NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1905, Norway has been fully abolitionist since 1979.
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1905, Norway has been fully abolitionist since 1979.
- MARCH 22, 2004NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Farhad and Mansur Muhammadi, two Iranian brothers who...
Farhad and Mansur Muhammadi, two Iranian brothers who hijacked a Russian plane to Oslo in 1993, were allowed to remain in Norway temporarily, but would not receive permanent resident permits, the Norwegian government said
- FEBRUARY 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the body of Ismail Yousefi, an Iranian asylum seeker...
the body of Ismail Yousefi, an Iranian asylum seeker who had been deported to Iran from Norway