Christian Magnus Falsen

Christian Magnus Falsen (born September 14, 1782, Christiania [now Oslo], Norway—died January 13, 1830, Christiania) was a nationalist political leader, generally regarded as the author of the Norwegian constitution. Falsen was among those who assembled at the Norwegian village of Eidsvold (now Eidsvoll) on April 10, 1814, to attempt to undo the results of the Treaty of Kiel (January 14, 1814), by which Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden. They met to frame a declaration of...