Capital punishment in Norway

In addition to the usual capital crimes of murder and treason, medieval Norwegian law demanded execution also of people who were found guilty of witchcraft.

Women in the north, especially in Finnmark county, were at particular risk due to the clergy and authorities believing that the devil resided at the edge of the world.

[citation needed] By 1815, most inhumane forms of execution were abolished, and decapitation or shooting were the remaining authorised methods.

In 1941, the Nygaardsvold's Cabinet exiled in London allowed for the death penalty after the war, and expanded its scope in 1942 to cover torture and murder.

The government has banished Mullah Krekar from Norway, but has not sent him to Iraq due to the possibility of him being charged with capital crimes in his home county.

[11] In the Martine Vik Magnussen case, Norway has declined to cooperate with the Yemeni government unless a guarantee is made that the death penalty is not a possibility.