International Perspectives on the Norwegian Constitution

09.00
Opening and welcome

09.15-10.15 
Pasi Ihalainen: Shared Traditions of Representative Government in the Swedish and Finnish Parliaments, 1917−1919, and Norway as one of Alternative Constitutional Models

10.15-10.30 
Coffee break

10.30-11.00 
Torleif Hamre: Constitution and independence movements in the final stage of the Napoleonic Wars: Spain, Hispanic America and Norway

11.00-11.30 
Markus J. Prutsch: Post-Napoleonic Constitutionalism in Europe: Between Revolution and Reaction

11.30-11.45 
Discussion

12.00-13.00 
Lunch

13.00-14.00 
Martin Krieger: Eidsvoll as a model for Schleswig-Holstein? The constitutional debate in Kiel and Copenhagen (1820s-1840s)

14.00-15.00 
Cathrine Theodorsen: The Norwegian Constitution and the anti-Danish Discourse in the Writings of Theodor Mügge
Michael Schmidt: Just another communistic plot? Karl Marx as a fan of the Norwegian constitution
Discussion

15.00-15.15    
Coffee break

15.15-16.15    
Ola Mestad: The moderate revolutionary constitution -  What makes the Norwegian Constitution different in the years after 1814?


16.15-16.30
Final discussion

The conference is chaired by Kari A. Myklebost, Barents Chair in Russian History, Department of History and Religious Studies at UiT.