Lèse-majesté in Norway
Often related to political conflicts, accusations of lèse majesté were frequent in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and many cases resulted in execution.
The last to be charged for lèse majesté was a man who attacked Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom with a tomato during her state visit in 1981.
[2][3] According to the 1902 Penal Code, article 100, a person should be punished with 21 years of prison if he causes, attempts to cause or contributes to the death of the King or of the Regent.
[6] According to article 96, foreign heads of state enjoyed, on certain conditions and when visiting or staying in the Kingdom, protection against lèse majesté.
[9]In 1301, a woman arrived at Bergen, Norway in a ship from Lübeck, Germany, claiming to be Margaret, and accused several people of treason.
The people of Bergen and some of the clergy there supported her claim, even though the late King Eirik II had identified his dead daughter's body, and even though the woman appeared to be about 40 years old, whereas the real Margaret would have been 17.
In 1661, Danish nobleman Kai Lykke wrote a letter to Corfitz Ulfeld in which he accused Queen Sophie Amalie of Denmark and Norway of sleeping together with her servants.
In 1676, Danish and Norwegian count Peder Schumacher Griffenfeld was accused of and sentenced for lèse majesté and other crimes.
However, just seconds before the sword was to behead Griffenfeld, an officer acting on behalf of King Christian V of Denmark and Norway shouted "Stop, it is pardon!
[12] In a letter of 21 August, the Crown Prince wrote in general that "no mercy"[13] was to be shown and that "fear has to be chased into these humans".
Through its publishers, the magazine was involved in a case of lèse majesté, after which it lost its postage reduction, forcing it to shut down.
In 1884, Jon Gundersen Hol was arrested, accused of lèse majesté in his pamphlet Rifleringen (English: The Ring of Rifles).
The pamphlet, published on 6 February, called upon semi-military personnel and other civilians possessing weapons to encircle and protect the Parliament in the case a coup d'état, thereby indirectly accusing King Oscar II of having such plans.
In 1981, a protesting punk was charged with lèse majesté for throwing a tomato at, but failing to hit, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, who was in Oslo on her second state visit to Norway.
