Lèse-majesté or lese-majesty (UK: /ˌliːz ˈmædʒɪsti/ leez MAJ-ist-ee, US: /ˌleɪz -/ layz -⁠) is an offence or defamation against the dignity of a ruling...

Lèse majesté in Norway (Norwegian: majestetsfornærmelse, majestetsforbrytelse, crimen (læsæ) majestatis, etc.) was judicially based and defined in Norway's...

Thai lèse-majesté law has been on the statute books since 1908. Thailand is the only constitutional monarchy to have strengthened its lèse-majesté law...

in Norway House of Glücksburg Politics of Norway Lèse majesté in Norway Abel Prize Republicanism in Norway Official royal house web site Archived 10 November...

monarchy (Denmark–Norway was an absolute monarchy at the time), this was in practise equal to treason against the King himself, i.e. lèse-majesté. Lysne was...

Audun Hugleiksson (Hestakorn) (c. 1240 – 2 December 1302) was a Norwegian nobleman at the end of the 13th century. He was the king's right hand, both...

June – Anders Olson Lysne is executed for lèse-majesté. He is the last person executed for lèse-majesté in Norway. The construction of Ledaal is finished...

30 March 1848) was a Norwegian lawyer and Member of Parliament . Jonas Anton Hielm was born in Kristiansand in Vest-Agder, Norway. He was the son of regiment...

decapitation. In 1757, the last known execution for bestiality in Norway was carried out. Until the 19th century, lèse majesté could result in capital punishment...

harshest lèse majesté law" and "possibly the strictest criminal-defamation law anywhere". Political scientist Giles Ungpakorn noted that "the lèse-majesté laws...