Thorvald Boye (1 February 1871 – 10 December 1943) was a Norwegian Supreme Court Justice, educator and legal scholar.

Biography

He was born in

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to Albert Boye and Johanne Hansen. He graduated as

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in 1894 and

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in 1912. He continued his studies at the universities of

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and

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. From 1913, he worked in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (''Sosialdepartementet''). He also taught national and international law at the

Norwegian Military College The Norwegian Military College ( no, Den militære høyskole) was a military educational institution in Norway. It was established on 16 February 1817, with headquarters at Akershus Fortress. It was originally meant for artillery and engineer off ...

and

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. He was named as a Supreme Court Justice from 1922.

Personal life

He was married to Mia Esmarch (1880–1966). They were the parents of diplomat

Thore Boye Thore Albert Boye (27 October 1912 – 1 October 1999) was a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in Kristiania as a son of Supreme Court Justice Thorvald Boye (1871–1943) and Mia Esmarch (1880–1966). In 1945 he married Nøste Siem (1918–1999), ...

. In 1901, he was awarded the Crown Prince's gold medal (''Kronprinsens gullmedalje'') by the

. He was decorated Commander of the

Order of the Dannebrog The Order of the Dannebrog ( da, Dannebrogordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single class known a ...

, Commander of the Order of the Polar Star and Commander of the Order of Vasa.

Selected works

'' Haandbok i folkeret''
(1918)
''Norsk medicinallovgivning''
(1920)
''Kongeriget Norges grundlov''
(1935)

References

1871 births 1943 deaths People from Arendal University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Academic staff of the Norwegian Military College Norwegian jurists Legal educators Norwegian legal scholars Norwegian legal writers Supreme Court of Norway justices Recipients of the Order of Vasa Commanders of the Order of the Dannebrog Order of the Polar Star {{norway-law-bio-stub