Eilert Stang Lund (born 15 July 1939) is a Norwegian judge. He graduated as

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from the

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in 1965 and as Master of Law from

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in 1973. He then worked as a consultant in the Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1965, as an attorney and lawyer in the

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from 1967, and as a private lawyer from 1975 to 1995. He is a

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Justice from 1995 to his retirement in 2009. He is a second cousin of fellow Justice

Ketil Lund Ketil Lund (born 14 October 1939) is a Norwegian judge. He was born in Oslo as a son of barrister and director Bernt Bjelke Lund (1898–1956) and Irlin Sommerfelt (1902–1974). He is a paternal grandson of Jens Michael Lund. From 1963 to 1967 ...

. On 5 February 2008, the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs of the

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recommended that a commission be named to investigate and, if warranted, prosecute for

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three of the Norwegian Supreme Court Justices who presided over the cases of

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, a victim of

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. The three were Lund, Magnus Matningsdal and

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. However, when the case was treated by the Standing Committee on Justice three months later, it was closed. Lund has also been a member of the board of the

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