Why we celebrate The National Law

In 2024, we celebrate the 750th anniversary of Magnus Lagabøtes landslov (“Magnus the Lawmender’s National Law”). In this video National Librarian Aslak Sira Myhre explains why we celebrate the National Anniversary.
Magnus the Lawmender’s National Law remains one of the most important documents we have from the medieval period in Norway. The law was in force for over 400 years, and contains within it the seeds of the Norwegian Rechtsstaat and the idea of the right to public participation, a key tenet of our democracy.
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