Constitution of Norway
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The Constitution of Norway was adopted on 16 May and signed on 17 May 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll. The latter date is the National Day of Norway; it marks the establishment
The front page of Norway's constitution of 4 November 1814 (Novembergrunnloven), which is in the Storting archives.
The Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in May 1814
Eidsvollsbygningen, the site of the drafting of the Constitution
Jew Clause (Norway)
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The Jew clause is the colloquial name of the second paragraph of the Constitution of Norway from 1814 to 1851 and from 1942 to 1945. The clause, in its original form, banned Jews from entering Norway,
Pastor Nicolai Wergeland, together with Christian Magnus Falsen, was central in getting the ban on Jews in Norway passed. Wergeland later supported his son who worked hard to lift the ban. Portrait painted by Christian Olsen.
Henrik Wergeland, Nicolai's son, was also central in getting the ban on Jews lifted.
Christian Magnus Falsen, one of the principal authors of the clause.