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The repealed Article 10 simply says that "The King is of age, when he turns 20 years. As soon as he enters the 21st year, he declares himself publicly to be an adult."

https://lovdata.no/dokument/HIST/lov/1814-05-17-18140517

I don't quite see why that was repealed, though. Some Norwegian might tell.

As a Finn I sort of appreciate the gesture of proposing moving border to bring the hilltop of Halti to Finland, but I don't really think it is that significant.

The main issue I know about is an old confusion in schoolbooks. The highest point in Finland is 1324 meters above sea level, on the Norwegian border, on the slope of Halti near the top. The top is on Norwegian side and its height is 1328 meters. Someone writing a schoolbook long ago found out that Halti is 1328 meters high and put that as the elevation of highest hill in Finland, without considering that this highest point is actually in Norway.

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> The highest point in Finland is 1324 meters above sea level, on the Norwegian border, on the slope of Halti near the top. The top is on Norwegian side and its height is 1328 meters.

I wonder if the Norwegians could make the same gesture by dynamiting their four meters of peak off of their side, thereby moving the peak without moving the territory.

(There's probably something symbolic in using explosives to get around the Constitution.)


I'm not Norwegian, but I think the confusion is because the numbering of the Articles has changed. Your "Article 10" is now Article 8. [1] The repealed Article (originally Article 12, now listed as Article 10) concerned coronations. [2]

[1]: https://www.stortinget.no/en/Grunnlovsjubileet/In-English/Th...

[2]: http://www.royalcourt.no/artikkel.html?tid=35248&sek=35247


Ah, right. Thanks.


Maybe they didn't want a legal precedent that you aren't an adult till 21?


The real reason has been explained, but it's 20, not 21.




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