Karenanne Gussgard (born 2 January 1940) is a retired Norwegian judge. She was born in

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

in 1940. She studied law and earned her

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degree in 1964. She worked as a lawyer in Bergen from 1974, secretary in the

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from 1977, judge in

Oslo City Court Oslo District Court ( no, Oslo tingrett) is a district court located in Oslo, Norway. This court is based at the Oslo Courthouse in the city of Oslo. The court serves the entire city of Oslo and the court is subordinate to the Borgarting Court o ...

from 1983 and as a

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Justice from 1990 to her retirement in 2010.

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