Everything about Frostating totally explained
When
Norway was united as a
kingdom (
900-
1030 AD), the existing
lagtings were constituted as superior regional assemblies,
Frostating being one of them. These were representative assemblies at which delegates from the various districts in each region met to award legal judgments and pass laws. Frostating, arguably Norway's oldest court, had its seat at
Tinghaugen in
Frosta municipality in the
county of
Nord-Trøndelag, close to the
mediaeval church at Logtun.
The first germs of
democratic evolution appeared in matters of law. The ancient regional assemblies - Frostating,
Gulating and
Eidsivating - were eventually joined into a single
jurisdiction, and King
Magnus Lagabøte had the existing body of law put into writing (1263-1280). This compilation of codified law which applied throughout the realm was exceptional for its time, and remained in force until
Frederik III, king of the
Dano-Norwegian personal union, promulgated
absolute monarchy in 1660. This was codified in the King Act of 1665 which functioned as the
constitution of the Union of
Denmark-Norway until 1814.
Frostating seal
The Frostating seal (
Frostatingseglet) shows king
Magnus Lagabøte on St. John's Day 1274 seated on his throne and giving the lawman the new Frostating's law (
Frostatingsloven). The representatives to the Thing—three deep—stand on the king's left side. The king sits in the middle on his throne with a crown on his head and a scepter in his hand, and with the Norwegian lion under his foot. Below in the seal are two bowmen; one aiming at a squirrel while the other aims at a bird. Both the squirrel and the bird sit in trees.
The original of the Frostating seal {
Frostatingseglet) is the Norwegian Diplomatarium, and is found on a document dated June 1,
1453, found in
Dipl. Norv. VIII no. 349 .
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