PoliticalLegal & treatiesCulturalSpace
- 1905Independence7 June 1905 (union with Sweden declared dissolved); 26 October 1905 (Sweden agreed to the repeal of the union); notable earlier dates: ca. 872 (traditional unification of Norwegian kingdoms by HARALD Fairhair); 1397 (Kalmar Union of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden); 1524 (Denmark-Norway); 17 May 1814 (Norwegian constitution adopted); 4 November 1814 (Sweden-Norway union confirmed)CIA World Factbook
- 1949Ratified the Genocide ConventionUN Treaty Collection
- 1972Ratified the ICCPR (civil & political rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 1979First UNESCO World Heritage siteUrnes Stave ChurchUNESCO World Heritage
- 1981Ratified CEDAW (women’s rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 1991Ratified the Convention on the Rights of the ChildUN Treaty Collection
- 2000Joined the ICC (Rome Statute)UN Treaty Collection
- 2015Most recent World Heritage inscriptionRjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage SiteUNESCO World Heritage
- 2016Ratified the Paris Climate AgreementUN Treaty Collection
- 2025Most recent legislative election2025-09-08IPU Parline
