Two

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

property laws, which are so ancient that the time of their enactment is lost, govern Norwegian property. These are the ''

Åsetesrett Åsetesrett (archaic spelling Åsædesret) is one of the Ancient Norwegian property laws under which the eldest child has priority inheritance rights to agricultural property. Summary Åsetesretten is a priority right to take over an agricultural ...

'' (homestead right), and the '' Odelsrett'' (also referred to as

allodial right Allodial title constitutes ownership of real property (land, buildings, and fixtures) that is independent of any superior landlord. Allodial title is related to the concept of land held "in allodium", or land ownership by occupancy and defense ...

). These two rights were considered important enough that they were included in the 1814 Constitution of Norway.

References

* Gjerset, Knut (1917).
History of the Norwegian People
'. MacMillan. * {{cite web , title=Kong Christian the Fjerdes Norske Lovbog af 1604 , trans-title=King Christian IV's Norwegian Book of Law of 1604 , publisher=FEILBERG & LANDMARK/Prosjekt for nettbaserte hovedfagsstudier (PNH) , date=1981 , url=http://www.hf.uio.no/PNH/chr4web/chr4home.html , language=Norwegian , accessdate=13 April 2009 , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512022438/http://www.hf.uio.no/PNH/chr4web/chr4home.html , archivedate=12 May 2009 Property law of Norway Legal history of Norway

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