The Nordic Countries belong to the very few in Europe not having a constitutional court. However，a tradition of constitutional review exists. Constitutionality is safeguarded first and foremost by mechanisms for review by the ordinary courts of the constitutionality of legislation. There are different constitutional arrangements as to how constitutional review is organised. In the following，the Norwegian，Swedish and Finnish models are discussed. Nevertheless，all Nordic countries share a spirit of constitutionalism and rule of law with general respect for the rules of the constitution and for the hierarchy of legal rules. This spirit is reflective of a parliamentary system with respect for the will of the legislator—in line with the ideology of separation of powers and consensual democracy.