Translation and the Fracturing of the Law: The Motivation Behind the Norwegian Law of 1604

In the 16th century, numerous translations into Danish were made of the 13th-century Old Norwegian law-code,
the Landslov, which was still in force in Norway. This article argues that these translations were made not only due to
the linguistic difficulties facing Danes working with a law-code in Old Norwegian, but also reflect an attempt to stop the
Norwegian legal system fracturing as a consequence of a multitude of Danish versions of the law.