	Site Map \| FAQ in Daily Almanac for Nov 12, 2009 Search White Pages
Skip Navigation Home American Indian Heritage Month Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Features Quizzes Timelines Countries Slideshows

Fact Monster Kid's reference,
games, quizzes

Editor's Favorites

Encyclopedia

Eidsvoll

Eidsvoll or Eidsvold (both: āts'vôl) [key], town (1995 pop. 16,792), Akershus co., SE Norway, near Lake Mjøsa. Forest products are manufactured there. One of Norway's oldest confederacies, the Eidsivalag, held its assemblies there from the 1st cent. The present constitution of Norway was proclaimed (1814) at Eidsvoll manor by an assembly of Norwegian patriots.

See more Encyclopedia articles on: Scandinavian Political Geography

Premium Partner Content

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Eidsvoll

Norway's "White Swan": Cruising Lake Mjosa (Scandinavian Review)

Populært med pensjonistkino (Film og Kino : Norsk Filmblad)

The District Governor's Daughters. (Scandinavian Studies)

Norske filmer: med premiere i 2005 (Film og Kino : Norsk Filmblad)

H. Arnold Barton. Sweden and Visions of Norway: Politics and Culture 1815-1905.(Book Review) (Scandinavian Studies)

The lasting legacy of Norway's national poet (Scandinavian Review)

Play it again; The film we didn't know we were waiting for: postmodern. about norwegian writers. non-alienating.(MOVIES)(Movie review) (New York)

Opplevelsessentrum (Film og Kino : Norsk Filmblad)

Infoplease Tools

Eidsvoll

More on Eidsvoll from Infoplease:

See more Encyclopedia articles on: Scandinavian Political Geography