Constitutional amendment to correct linguistic errors and inconsistencies

The Constitution's title in the Bokmål version should read: 'Kongeriket Norges grunnlov' (The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway).

Article 2 in Bokmål should read: 'The value foundation remains our Christian and humanistic heritage. This constitution shall secure democracy, the rule of law, and human rights.'

Article 3 in Bokmål should read: 'Executive power rests with the King or with the Queen, if she has acquired the crown according to the provisions of Articles 6, 7, or 48 of this constitution. When executive power thus rests with the Queen, she holds all the rights and duties that according to this constitution and the laws of the realm are held by the King.'

Article 3 in Nynorsk should read: 'The executive power rests with the King, or with the Queen if she has acquired the crown according to the provisions of Articles 6, 7, or 48 of this constitution. When the executive power thus rests with the Queen, she has all the rights and duties that the King has according to this constitution and the laws of the realm.'

Article 6, first paragraph in Bokmål should read: 'The order of succession is lineal. Only children of the Queen or King, or of a person who is themselves eligible to inherit, may inherit, and the child must be born in lawful wedlock. The closer line takes precedence over the more distant, and the elder in the line over the younger.'

Article 6, fifth paragraph, first sentence in Bokmål should read: 'For those born before 1971, Article 6 applies as it was adopted on 18 November 1905.'

Article 9, first paragraph in Bokmål should read: 'As soon as the King, upon reaching majority, assumes the government, he shall take the following oath before the Storting: "I promise and swear to govern the Kingdom of Norway in accordance with its constitution and laws, so help me God Almighty and All-knowing!"'

Article 13, first paragraph in Bokmål should read: 'During the King's travels within the realm, he may transfer the governance of the realm to the Council of State. It shall conduct the government in the King's name and on his behalf. It shall invariably comply with both the provisions of this constitution and the special regulations consistent therewith that the King issues in an instruction.'

Article 13, second paragraph in Bokmål should read: 'Business shall be decided by voting. In case of a tie, the Prime Minister or, in his absence, the senior member of the Council of State present shall have two votes.'

Article 16 in Bokmål should read: 'All inhabitants of the realm have freedom of religion. The Norwegian Church, an evangelical Lutheran church, remains Norway's national church and is supported as such by the state. More detailed provisions concerning the church's organization shall be set by law. All faith and life-philosophy communities shall be supported equally.'

Article 17 in Bokmål should read: 'The King may issue and revoke orders concerning trade, customs, economic enterprises, and public regulation. They must not conflict with the constitution and the laws enacted by the Storting. They apply provisionally until the next Storting.'

Article 21 in Bokmål should read: 'The King appoints, after consulting his Council of State, all civil and military officials. They have duties of obedience and loyalty to the constitution and the King. Royal princes and princesses must not hold civil offices.'

Article 26, second paragraph in Bokmål should read: 'Treaties on matters of particular importance become binding only when the Storting has given its consent. The same applies to all treaties whose implementation under the Constitution would require a new law or Storting resolution.'

Article 28 in Bokmål should read: 'Recommendations regarding official appointments and other matters of importance shall be presented to the Council of State by the member whose department is responsible. The matters shall be handled by him or her in accordance with the decision taken in the Council of State. However, strictly military command matters may, to the extent the King determines, be exempted from Council of State consideration.'

Article 30, second paragraph in Bokmål should read: 'Everyone with a seat in the Council of State is obliged to freely state his or her opinion. The King is obliged to hear that opinion, but is reserved the right to reach a decision according to his own judgment.'

Article 45 in Bokmål should read: 'As soon as the guardianship government under Articles 40, 41, 43, or 48 ceases, the guardians shall render an account for it to the King and the Storting.'

Article 67 in Bokmål should read: 'The representatives elected in the manner aforesaid constitute the Storting of the Kingdom of Norway.'

Article 67 in Bokmål should read: 'The representatives elected in the manner aforesaid constitute the Storting of the Kingdom of Norway.' Article 67 in Nynorsk should read: 'The representatives elected in the manner aforesaid constitute the Storting of the Kingdom of Norway.'

Article 74, second paragraph in Bokmål should read: 'When the Storting's proceedings are open, the Prime Minister and members of the Council of State have the right to attend the Storting and, on equal terms with its own members but without voting rights, participate in proceedings insofar as these are held in public. In matters deliberated in closed session, this applies only insofar as the Storting permits it.'

Article 80, third paragraph in Nynorsk should read: 'Within that time the King shall announce to the Storting his decision on those laws not already decided, either by confirming or rejecting them. All those he does not expressly approve shall be considered rejected by the King.'

Article 86, third paragraph in Bokmål should read: 'Judges in the Court of Impeachment are six members elected by the Storting and the five senior permanent members of the Supreme Court by seniority, including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The Storting elects the members and alternates for six years. No member of the Council of State or Storting may be elected to the Court of Impeachment. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the Court of Impeachment.' Article 86, third paragraph in Nynorsk should read: 'Judges in the Court of Impeachment are six members elected by the Storting and the five senior permanent members of the Supreme Court by seniority, including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The Storting elects the members and alternates for six years. No member of the Council of State or Storting may be elected to the Court of Impeachment. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the Court of Impeachment.'

Article 88, second paragraph in Bokmål should read: 'The Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and at least four, at most 21, other members. No one may be appointed to the Supreme Court before the age of 30.' Article 88, second paragraph in Nynorsk should read: 'The Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and at least four, at most 21, other members. No one may be appointed to the Supreme Court before the age of 30.'

Article 90, first paragraph in Bokmål should read: 'Judges are appointed by the King upon recommendation from an independent council. More detailed provisions concerning judicial appointments shall be set by law.'

Article 114, first paragraph in Nynorsk should read: 'State office may be held only by Norwegian citizens who speak the language of the country and either (a) were born in the realm of parents who were then Norwegian citizens, (b) were born abroad of Norwegian parents who were not at that time citizens of any other country, (c) have resided in the realm for ten years, or (d) are granted citizenship by the Storting.'

Article 114, second paragraph in Bokmål should read: 'However, others may be appointed as teachers at the university and learned schools, as physicians, and as consuls in foreign places.'

Article 115, first paragraph in Bokmål should read: 'To ensure international peace and security or to promote international law and cooperation, the Storting may by three-fifths majority consent that an international organization to which Norway belongs or will belong may, within a specifically limited scope, exercise powers that according to this constitution otherwise belong to state authorities, but not the power to amend this constitution. When the Storting gives its consent, at least two-thirds of its members should be present, as in the consideration of constitutional amendments.'

Article 121 in Bokmål should read: 'Should experience show that any part of this Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway ought to be amended, a proposal to that effect shall be submitted at the first, second, or third Storting after a new election and be made public in print. But it shall be for the first, second, or third Storting after the next election to determine whether the proposed amendment should be made or not. However, such an amendment must never contradict the principles of this constitution, but only concern such modifications of individual provisions as do not alter the spirit of this constitution, and two-thirds of the Storting should agree to such an amendment. A constitutional provision thus adopted shall be signed by the President and Secretary of the Storting and sent to the King for public announcement in print as a binding provision of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway.'