Norwegian Constitutions and Legal Documents

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Online medieval Norwegian diplomas provided by the Dokumentasjons Prosjektet.
Searching is by keyword or (more practical for browsing) by volume and page number.
(1050-1590; Old Norse, Latin, Swedish, Middle High German, and other language transcriptions)
Medieval Norwegian laws (digitized by the Danish Royal Library)
(1300-1600; facsimiles)
(1604; facsimile of 1855 printing)
(14 November 1665; transcription)
Digitized court proceedings from selected areas
Now accessible in a searchable database.
An English-language description is available.
(1680-1687; transcriptions)
(15 April 1687; transcription)
(1670-1699; facsimile of Schous Forordninger printed in 1795)
Provided by Lovdata website's Gjeldende Lover (Laws in Force).
(Transcriptions)
Diary entries from the time the constitutional convention was held in Eidsvoll (Akershus).
(January-December 1814; facsimile)
The Constitution of 1814 (Grunnlova or Grundlov) as originally drawn up at Eidsvoll.
(17 May 1814; transcription)
The 1814 Constitution as updated through 1995;
Provided by Lovdata website's Gjeldende Lover (Laws in Force).
(17 May 1814; transcriptions)
As updated through 2007;
Provided by Stortinget, the national parliament.
(17 May, 1814; English translation)
A collection of Nordic laws that are still in effect for Norway.
(Norwegian transcriptions)
Collection of Norwegian Laws.
Statutes, criminal and civil codes, and other legal materials.
A portal of the BYU Law School.
Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal and government documents.
Official online repository for parliamentary debates, announcements, speeches, etc.
From the website of the Norwegian goverment and its ministries.
(Norwegian transcriptions and some English translations)
A project for documenting Norwegian history
through various types of documents & databases.
It is particularly strong in documenting court proceedings & protocols,
but is equally impressive in medieval materials and
(Norwegian transcriptions and photo facsimiles, some English interfaces).

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