Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

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murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse committed with the necessary Intention (criminal law), intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisd ...

(''mord'' or ''drap'') is, as in other legal systems, illegal and considered a very serious offense.

Categories of murder

Until 2015, murder was classified and punished as follows:

Miscellaneous forms of murder

Assisted suicide is generally illegal in Norway, and will in most cases be treated as planned murder, although the punishment may be milder depending on the circumstances.

Euthanasia Euthanasia (from : + ) is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering. Different countries have different Legality of euthanasia, euthanasia laws. The British House of Lords Select committee (United Kingdom), se ...

(''aktiv dødshjelp'') has been much debated in Norway. Some groups have expressed that it should be legal in cases where the victim is sane and fully aware of what he or she is asking for. Acts of euthanasia, however, are illegal, and are treated as any other form of assisted suicide.

Current law

In 2015, a new penal code came into force. Murder, and other violent offenses resulting in death, are defined in ''Chapter 25. Violent offences, etc.''https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/9055/file/Norway_Penal%20Code.pdf

References

{{Reflist Law of Norway Murder in Norway

Categories of murder

Miscellaneous forms of murder

Current law

See also

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