Norwegian Parliament's adoption of the metric system
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The Norwegian Parliament's (Storting's) acceptance of the meter convention is regarded as the quickest decision by the Storting in peacetime.
- Norway signed the metre convention in Paris 20 May 1875.[1]
- Eight days before the convention was ready, the Storting unanimously decided on 12 May 1875 that Norway would join the meter convention.[2][3]
- The meter convention was ratified by Norwegian royal resolution the 22 May 1875,[4] and the metric system thus went into effective Norwegian law two days after the convention had been concluded.