Hans Petter Lundgaard (born 15 May 1935) is a Norwegian jurist born in

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Career

He was employed as a university lector at the

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from 1963, and took over as leader of the Norwegian Bureau for Insurance Disputes in 1971. In 1973 the position of Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman was created.

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held the position for many years, but while she was a member of the

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from 1976 to 1981 Lundgaard was acting Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman. Valle left in 1981, and Lundgaard got the job on a permanent basis. In 1986 he was appointed as a

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(''lagdommer'') in the

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, later moving to

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. He retired in 2005.

References

1935 births Living people Ombudsmen in Norway Directors of government agencies of Norway Judges from Oslo Academic staff of the University of Oslo {{norway-law-bio-stub