Henrik Julius Lundh (16 April 1894 – February 1985) was a Norwegian

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. He was born in

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as a son of Ragnar Lundh (1863–1924) and Aggie Olsen (1875–1946). From 1919 he was married to Ragnhild Tandberg, but she died in 1922. From 1924 he was married to Elise Caroline Aubert (1898–1972). He finished his secondary education in 1911, and enrolled in law studies. He was a journalist while studying. He graduated from the

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with the

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degree in 1916, and worked as a deputy judge, junior solicitor and from 1919 secretary in the

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. He took the

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degree in 1929 and was promoted to assistant secretary in the Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1930. He issued the books ''Navneloven'' in 1924 and ''Navneplikt og navnerett'' in 1928, both concerning the formal naming conventions. He also contributed to newspapers and periodicals. He was hired as director of wages in the

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in 1936, but returned in 1942 during

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to the Ministry of Justice-in-exile (in

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) as deputy under-secretary of state. In 1945 he was hired as director of

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. From 1948 to 1954 he was the

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, and from 1954 to 1964 he was stipendiary magistrate of

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. He represented Norway as a secretary in Det Nordiske Administrative Forbund (Nordic Administrative Association) from 1925 to 1936, and edited ''Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift'' from 1929 to 1941. He participated in judicial congresses in

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and

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, and lectured at the

. He died in 1985, aged 90.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lundh, Henrik 1894 births 1985 deaths Civil servants from Oslo University of Oslo alumni Directors of government agencies of Norway Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom Academic staff of the University of Oslo