Leif Thomas Eldring (18 April 1933 – 25 August 1994) was a Norwegian judge and civil servant. He was born in

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. He competed his education in law in 1963, having worked part-time in

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. He was Norway's

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from 1974 to 1977 and 1985 to 1991. Between the two spells he had been appointed as deputy under-secretary of state in the

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. Except for his second spell in Svalbard, he was the permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice from 1979 to 1993. From 1 January 1994 to his death in August 1994 he served as a

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1933 births 1994 deaths Norwegian civil servants Governors of Svalbard Supreme Court of Norway justices People from Vardø {{Svalbard-bio-stub