Nils Nilsen Thune (27 May 1880 – 28 May 1950) was a

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jurist and

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. He was born in

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, and was a son of Nils Trondsen Thune. He graduated with the

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degree in 1902. He was hired in the

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police in 1911, and became police inspector in the city in 1916 and an assessor in 1920. In 1924 he was appointed as the district stipendiary magistrate in

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. During these years he was a member of the city councils of both Trondhjem and

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. In 1933 he became district stipendiary magistrate of

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and

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, and in 1945 he became acting County Governor of

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, and he got the position on a permanent basis in 1946. In 1945 he was also named as a member of the commission '' Undersøkelseskommisjonen av 1945'' that scrutinized the actions of the Norwegian government in 1940. The other commission members were Gustav Adolf Lammers Heiberg,

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, Ernst Fredrik Eckhoff, Arne Bergsgård and

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, and the secretary was

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. The background for the commission was the

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on 9 April 1940, and the question was raised whether Norway could have avoided it through a different

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and

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. Second, the actions of Norwegian authorities between 9 April and 25 September 1940 were investigated, both regarding the three branches of government (Parliament, Government, Supreme Court) that eventually laid down their offices, but also the transition authority (the

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) as well as other relevant civil and military bodies. In April 1950 it was decided that he retire from his position on 1 October the same year. However, he died on Drammen Hospital on 28 May 1950, having suffered a heart problem during the funeral of his brother

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three days before.

References

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