Einar Høgetveit (28 October 1949 – 10 August 2020) was a Norwegian prosecutor and judge.
He was born in
Hamar
Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hedmarken. ...
and graduated with the
cand.jur.
Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries.
...
degree at the
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...
. His period as a deputy judge was spent in
Lier, Røyken and Hurum District Court.
[
He worked in the Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1986 to 1991, then as a public prosecutor in the ("Ecocrime") from 1991 to 1996. In 1998 he became deputy director, and in 2000 he became director. From 2009 to his retirement he was a presiding judge in ]Borgarting Court of Appeal
The Borgarting Court of Appeal ( no, Borgarting lagmannsrett) is one of six intermediate courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the city of Oslo. The court has jurisdiction over the counties of Oslo and western Viken. ...
. He died at age 70.
References
1949 births
2020 deaths
People from Hamar
University of Oslo alumni
Norwegian civil servants
Directors of government agencies of Norway
Norwegian judges
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