It was established in 1888 by Francis Hagerup to "form a link between legal research in the Nordic countries" and is currently published by Universitetsforlaget.

[1] It is ranked as a Level 2 journal, the highest level in the official Norwegian ranking (the Norwegian Scientific Index).

[2] Articles are published in the three Scandinavian languages: Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.

The following persons have been editors-in-chief of the journal, most of them worked at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo:

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