Magnus Aarbakke (born 14 October 1934 in

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) is a

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judge. He was born in

. He took the Dr.juris degree in 1967 for the thesis ''Virksomhetsbegrepet i norsk skatterett'', and was a professor at the

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from 1968 to 1990. He specialized in commercial law, and was among the editors of the journal ''Tidsskrift for rettsvitenskap'' between 1974 and 2001. After leaving the professorship he worked as a lawyer for some years, and then served as a

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from 1994 to 2002. He is a member of the

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. On 31 May 1996, Aarbakke received an

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from the Faculty of Law at

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, Sweden.Honorary doctorates
Retrieved 13 December 2019.

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1934 births Living people People from Tysnes Supreme Court of Norway justices Norwegian legal scholars Academic staff of the University of Oslo Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters {{Norway-law-bio-stub