Kristin Normann (born 1 May 1954) is a Norwegian judge and legal scholar. She was born in

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, and took the

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degree in 1982. A 1973 graduate of

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, she was a

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, associate professor and professor at the

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between 1985 and 2007, and took the

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degree in 1994. In 2003 she was an acting presiding judge in

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. She was a partner in the law firm Selmer DA from 2006 to 2010, and is a

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from August 2010.

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1954 births Living people Judges from Oslo Academic staff of the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo Supreme Court of Norway justices Norwegian women academics Norwegian women judges Women legal scholars {{Norway-academic-bio-stub