Trygve Leivestad

Trygve Leivestad (29 January 1907   14 December 1994) was a Norwegian judge. [1]

Trygve Leivestad
Born(1907-01-29)29 January 1907
Tromsø, Norway
Died(1994-12-14)14 December 1994
Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
EducationUniversity of Oslo
Oxford University
OccupationJudge
RelativesRagnar Leivestad (brother)

He was born at Tromsø in Troms, Norway. He was the son of lawyer Ludvig Bernhard Leivestad (1878-1955) and Valborg Dorothea F. Skouge (1880-1957). His brother was professor and theologian Ragnar Leivestad (1916 –2002). He took artium at Trondheim in 1925. He graduated cand.jur. in 1931. During 1932, he studied old English law at University of Oxford under a Norwegian Oxford Scholarship. From 1934, Leivestad was a judge in Vadsø. In 1947, Leivestad was appointed a jurist in Hålogaland. He was named as a Supreme Court Justice from 1958. Leivestad was a judge until 1977 when he retired. He was a board member of NRK from 1963, and chaired the board 19681971. [1] [2]

References

  1. "Trygve Leivestad". lokalhistoriewiki. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  2. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Leivestad, Trygve". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 338. Retrieved 20 September 2016.


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