Teaching Nordic Constitutionalism? How to understand the histories of the Nordic constitutions. /Insegnare il costituzionalismo nordico? Come capire le storie delle costituzioni dei paesi nordici

The Nordic states have had modern constitutions since 19th century (Sweden, 1809, Norway 1814), significant as all Nordic states have a history of interstate relationships. The features of a modern Nordic region came about as the results of the Napoleonic wars, thus underlining the long history of shifting external great power politics surrounding the Nordic region. To teach constitutional history in the Norden then, we must take into account the national, regional and international contexts of the making and practices of constitutions. The article argues for a contextual constitutional history that transcends the doctrinal history of constitution bringing to audiences the importance of constitutions as national and international historical themes.