Henrik Svensen (17 July 1904–16 August 2007) was a

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judge and politician for the

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. He was born in

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, finished his secondary education in 1922 and got his

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in 1926. He was a junior solicitor from 1926 to 1927, deputy judge in

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from 1928 to 1930, secretary in the

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from 1933 to 1937 and in the city administration of

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from 1938 to 1942. He was a member of Bergen city council from 1951 to 1961. He was elected to the

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from Bergen in 1954, and was re-elected on one occasion, notably chairing the

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in his second term. He worked as a presiding judge in

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from 1945 to 1961, and in

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briefly in 1961 before becoming County Governor of Aust-Agder, a post he held until 1974. He was president of Norges Forsvarsforening from 1962 to 1966. Svensen died in August 2007, aged 103.

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