The Norwegian Constituent Assembly is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised the dissolution of the union with Denmark. The meetings
Grunnlovsforsamlingen Eidsvoll 1814 - painting by Oscar Wergeland. The speaker is C.M.Falsen and next to him sits W.F.K.Christie.
Christian VIII
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Christian VIII was King of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian Frederick, King of Norway in 1814.
Norwegian Constituent Assembly
…to the King of Sweden. The people of Norway, never consulted, objected to the royal sell-out. The vice-roy and heir presumptive of Denmark-Norway, Christian Frederik, took the lead in an insurrection and called a Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll. The Norwegian Constitution of 17 May formalised Norway's independence…
Portrait by Johan Vilhelm Gertner, 1845
Portrait of Charlotte Frederica by Carl Frederik von Breda c. 1806.
Christian Frederick in 1813, aged 27 years
Portrait of Christian Frederick, c. 1814