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
- OCTOBER 10, 2003NorwayDEATH PENALTY
The World Day against the Death Penalty is being arranged...
The World Day against the Death Penalty is being arranged for the first time on 10 October 2003 on the initiative of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty, an international coalition of human rights organisations
- APRIL 24, 2003NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Norway was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Norway was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Norway has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Norway has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003NorwayDEATH PENALTY
The last execution took place in 1948
The last execution took place in 1948
- JANUARY 1, 2003NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1905, Norway has...
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1905, Norway has been fully abolitionist since 1979
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Miss Norway, one of the women planning to boycott the...
Miss Norway, one of the women planning to boycott the contest, to return to the fold as contestants gathered in London last night
- OCTOBER 14, 2002NorwayDEATH PENALTY
During the UN Social Committee on protection of children...
During the UN Social Committee on protection of children in armed conflict Norway would also draw attention to another matter of great concern, namely the use of the death penalty as a punishment for children
- JUNE 18, 2002NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Politicians and pilots denounced a ruling that give...
Politicians and pilots denounced a ruling that give asylum to two grenade-wielding Iranian hijackers who forced a plane to divert to Oslo in 1993
- MAY 3, 2002NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Norway signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Norway signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 17, 2002NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Two neo-Nazis were found guilty of Norway's first racist...
Two neo-Nazis were found guilty of Norway's first racist killing after stabbing to death a mixed-race teenager because they did not like the colour of his skin
- JANUARY 1, 2002NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1902, Norway has...
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1902, Norway has been fully abolitionist since 1979
- DECEMBER 6, 2001NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member...
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member Muhammad Salih, President Islam Karimov told the press