http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210302-154000-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-pomp-of-popular-constitutional-outrage/ The Pomp of Popular Constitutional Outrage Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora Graver, Hans Petter Scharff Smith, Peter eng 2021-03-02 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Corona COVID 19 Curfew Norway Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In January 2021, the Norwegian government decided to circulate a proposal for formally adding a curfew clause to the Act Relating to the Control of Communicable Diseases from 1994. The public reacted with an extraordinary expression of popular engagement and outrage. On 17 February 2021, in the face of strong public, commercial and political opposition, the proposal was shelved by the government. This case may show something both about the level of trust between the authorities and the public in Norway, and the reactions when one of the parties is perceived to break the “social contract” that is embedded in this relationship.