Erling Sandene
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway
In office
1984–1991
Preceded byRolv Ryssdal
Succeeded byCarsten Smith
Personal details
Born(1921-04-07)April 7, 1921
Died5 March 2015(2015-03-05) (aged 93)
SpouseErna Harbitz Torstenson

Erling Sandene (7 April 1921 – 5 March 2015) was a Norwegian judge and civil servant.

Early and family life

He was born in Bærum, a son of Jensine Sæther (1887–1981) and her schoolteacher husband Johan Sandene (1885–1945). Sandene married Erna Harbitz Torstenson in 1949 and they remained married until her death in 1986.[1]

He enrolled as a student in 1940, and graduated as cand.jur. in 1943 after only three years. He was also involved in the Norwegian resistance movement.

Career

In 1945 Sandene began his legal career as a deputy judge in Eidsvoll, where he helped handle the postwar legal purge. In 1946 Sandene began working in the Ministry of Justice and the Police.[1] He was promoted to deputy under-secretary of state in 1962.[2]

Sandene became County Governor of Møre og Romsdal from 1966 to 1972. He then served as Supreme Court Justice beginning in 1972 as well as Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman from 1974 to 1982. From 1984 to 1991, Sandene was the 17th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.[2]

Death and honors

Sandene died on March 5, 2015.[3] During his lifetime (1982), Sandene was appointed a Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav in 1982,[4] and was also a freemason.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Gjølstad, Liv. "Erling Sandene". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  2. ^ a b Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Erling Sandene". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  3. ^ Helland, Marit. "Kjent jurist død". Budstikka (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  4. ^ Torgersen, Rolf Normann (1987). Ordener (in Norwegian). Oslo: Nye Atheneum. p. 189. ISBN 82-7334-148-8.
  5. ^ "De mest kjente frimurerne". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 18 November 2001. Archived from the original on 14 November 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
Civic offices Preceded byErling Anger County Governor of Møre og Romsdal 1966–1972 Succeeded byKåre Ellingsgård Preceded byAndreas Schei Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman 1974–1982 Succeeded byAudvar Os Legal offices Preceded byRolv Ryssdal Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway 1984–1991 Succeeded byCarsten Smith


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