NorwayDemokrati 7 · Democracy and human rights

The Constitution (Grunnloven) was changed in 2014, when it was 200 years old. What was added to the Constitution then?

In the exam (Norwegian)

Grunnloven ble endret i 2014, da den var 200 år gammel. Hva ble lagt inn i Grunnloven da?

  1. aA rule that Norway must be a member of the EUEn regel om at Norge skal være medlem av EU
  2. bA separate chapter on human rightsEt eget kapittel om menneskerettigheterCorrect answer
  3. cA ban on political partiesEt forbud mot politiske partier

Why?

In 2014 the Constitution got a separate chapter on human rights. It says that the authorities of the state must respect and secure human rights.

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Our own practice questions on the facts of the public social studies curriculum (the curriculum for adult immigrants and samfunnskunnskap.no). They are not the real test tasks, which are confidential and never published, and no text from samfunnskunnskap.no is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Norwegian. We are not affiliated with the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir).

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