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The Lovdata Foundation

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01.07.1981 Regular founding

Name: The Lovdata Foundation
Short name: Norsk Lovdata
Affiliations: Central foundation
Hierarchical level: Highest level
COFOG 03 Public order and safety
Main affiliation category: National single organization (without subordinated units)
Located: 301 Oslo

Lovdata was established on July 1st 1981, as a private foundation by the Ministry of Justice and the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo. Some of the background material leading up to the creation of Lovdata is collected in The Lawdata Papers, published in 1981.

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.