Home›Sources›Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor: Norway, Blasphemy Provision to Be Removed from Penal CodeSourcesLibrary of Congress Global Legal Monitor: Norway, Blasphemy Provision to Be Removed from Penal CodeLaw Library of CongressCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor: Norway, Blasphemy Provision to Be Removed from Penal Code." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/loc-global-legal-monitor-norway-blasphemy-provision-removed.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor: Norway, Blasphemy Provision to Be Removed from Penal Code. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/loc-global-legal-monitor-norway-blasphemy-provision-removedCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-library-of-congress-global-legal-monitor, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor: Norway, Blasphemy Provision to Be Removed from Penal Code}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/loc-global-legal-monitor-norway-blasphemy-provision-removed}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA 2015 report from the Law Library of Congress's Global Legal Monitor, a US government publication tracking legal developments worldwide, covering the Norwegian Parliament's removal of the blasphemy provision, Penal Code section 142, from the country's general civil penal code.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (8 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedLaw Library of CongressURLWell-attestedhttps://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2015-05-19/norway-blasphemy-provision-to-be-removed-from-penal-code/Source TypeWell-attestedGovernment reportAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Tier one: the same Law Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor series cited for Kuwait and Iceland earlier in this run, a US government legal-research publication quoting the repealed section's prior text and reporting the vote and effective date.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithGlobal, Continents Well-attested This source names Global directly: "from the Law Library of Congress's Global Legal Monitor, a US government publication tracking legal developments worldwide, covering the Norwegian Parliament's removal of the blasphemy provision..."Source Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor: Norway, Blasphemy Provision to Be Removed from Penal Codetier 1Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested6CountriesNorwaySourcesLibrary of Congress Global Legal Monitor: Norway, Blasphemy Provision to Be Removed from Penal CodeHolds1SourcesLibrary of Congress Global Legal Monitor: Norway, Blasphemy Provision to Be Removed from Penal CodeGeneral References1CountriesNorwayComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year