Law of Sovereignty

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The Sovereignty Act (Danish Suverænitetsakten or Enevoldsarveregeringsakten ) was the constitution of Denmark and Norway (including Iceland , Greenland and the Faroe Islands ) from 1661 to 1665 and the forerunner of the Royal Act . The law was signed separately by representatives of the estates (nobility, clergy and commoners, in Norway also farmers) in Denmark and Norway. The law introduced absolute monarchy and hereditary monarchy , instead of the previous elective monarchy and estates society, and made Denmark-Norway the only country in Europe with absolutism anchored in the constitution . The law of sovereignty was replaced and specified more precisely in 1665 by the King's Law (Lex Regia).

literature

  • Allan Tønnesen (Ed.): Magtens besegling. Enevoldsarveregeringsakterne af 1661 and 1662 underskrevet and sailed af stænderne in Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Færøerne. Syddansk Universitetsforlag, Odense 2013, ISBN 9788776746612 .