Norway
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- 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
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999NorwayDEATH PENALTY
On November 1, about 300 anti-American demonstrators...
On November 1, about 300 anti-American demonstrators protested U
- APRIL 28, 1999NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Norway was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution...
Norway was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1902, Norway has...
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1902, Norway has been fully abolitionist since 1979