Jens Bugge (10 May 1930 – 9 November 2014) was a Norwegian judge.
He was born in
Oslo
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as a son of barrister Wilhelm Bugge and brother of barrister
Frederik Moltke Bugge
Frederik Moltke Bugge (23 September 1806 – 9 July 1853) was a Norwegian philologist and educator.
Early and personal life
Bugge was born in Trondhjem as a son of bishop Peter Olivarius Bugge (1764–1849) and Cathrine Magdalene Koch (1771–18 ...
Frederik Moltke Bugge
Frederik Moltke Bugge (23 September 1806 – 9 July 1853) was a Norwegian philologist and educator.
Early and personal life
Bugge was born in Trondhjem as a son of bishop Peter Olivarius Bugge (1764–1849) and Cathrine Magdalene Koch (1771–18 ...
and great-great-great-grandson of bishop
Peter Olivarius Bugge
Peder Olivarius Bugge (2 December 1764 – 6 December 1849) was a Norwegian priest and politician. He was the bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros from 1804 until 1842.
Biography
Peder Olivarius Bugge was born at Holt in Nedenes county, Norway. ...
. On the maternal side he was a great-grandson of bishop
Johan Christian Heuch
Johan Christian Heuch or J. C. Heuch (23 March 1838–13 February 1904) was a Norwegian bishop in the Church of Norway and politician for the Conservative Party.
Personal life
He was born in Kragerø, Norway as the son of merchant and po ...
Supreme Court
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cases from 1965, as a presiding judge from 1978 to 1982 and a
Supreme Court Justice
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from 1982 to 2000.
He was a board member of the
Norwegian Mountain Touring Association
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from 1969, and board chairman from 1975 to 1980. He chaired the Intelligence Oversight Committee from 1984 to 1988.
He resided in