Election church
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An election church is a term used for approximately 300 churches in Norway that were used as polling stations during the elections to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. This was N
Plaque commemorating the 1814 election at Vang Church
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
Election church
…to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. This was Norway's first national elections and this assembly is the group that wrote the Constitution of Norway. The churches were used because they were the natural center of public life for most places in the country, and because the parish (Norwegian: prestegjeld…
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