> If experience shows that any part of this Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway ought to be amended, the proposal to this effect shall be submitted to the fir

> If experience shows that any part of this Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway ought to be amended, the proposal to this effect shall be submitted to the first, second or third Storting after a new parliamentary election and be publicly announced in print. But it shall be left to the first, second or third Storting after the following parliamentary election to decide whether or not the proposed amendment shall be adopted. Such an amendment must never, however, contradict the principles embodied in this Constitution, but solely relate to modifications of particular provisions which do not alter the spirit of the Constitution, and two thirds of the Storting must agree with such an amendment. It's not really clear whether making an amendment saying that as an exception it is allowed to give Mount Halti away to Finland would violate the spirit of that article. I'm thinking that it probably wasn't clear to stortinget either and they didn't want to waste the time of the supreme court for something that was essentially a symbolic gesture. Also I'm actually a bit surprised that there is no way of making essential changes to articles in the constitution, even if a large majority of the population would vote for it.