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Helge Klæstad (6 December 1885 – 23 May 1965) was a Norwegian judge. He was born in
Levanger Levanger is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the district of Innherred. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Alstadhaug, Ekne, ...
. He took the
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degree in 1921, and was a
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Justice from 1929 to 1946, except for the period between December 1940 and May 1945, during the
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. In 1946 he was appointed to serve at the
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, which he presided from 1958 until retiring in 1961. Klæstad was also active as a composer.


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1885 births 1965 deaths Supreme Court of Norway justices Norwegian composers Norwegian male composers People from Levanger Presidents of the International Court of Justice Norwegian officials of the United Nations Norwegian judges of United Nations courts and tribunals 20th-century Norwegian male musicians International Court of Justice judges {{Norway-composer-stub