Norway's constitution of 1814 was drafted and signed at Eidsvoll under extraordinary pressure — the country had just been ceded by Denmark to Sweden under the Treaty of Kiel, and the framers were effectively writing a founding document for a nation that was simultaneously being absorbed into a union it had not chosen. The constitution they produced was, at ratification, among the most democratic in the world.
The bicentennial commemorative program in 2014 was extensive, spanning multiple coin issues across the year's events.
Norway's constitution of 1814 was drafted and signed at Eidsvoll under extraordinary pressure — the country had just been ceded by Denmark to Sweden under the Treaty of Kiel, and the framers were effectively writing a founding document for a nation that was simultaneously being absorbed into a union it had not chosen. The constitution they produced was, at ratification, among the most democratic in the world.
The bicentennial commemorative program in 2014 was extensive, spanning multiple coin issues across the year's events.