''Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap'' (English: "Journal of Jurisprudence") is a Norwegian

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. It was established in 1888 by

Francis Hagerup George Francis Hagerup (22 January 1853 – 8 February 1921) was a Norwegian law professor, diplomat, politician for the Conservative Party and women's rights advocate. He was the 7th prime minister of Norway from 1895 to 1898 and from 1903 ...

to "form a link between legal research in the

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" and is currently published by

Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget AS (English: "The University Press"), also known in English as Scandinavian University Press, is a Norwegian academic publishing company, which publishes non-fiction literature and journals mainly oriented to Scandinavia. U ...

. The journal is one of Scandinavia's preeminent academic journals in the field of law. It is ranked as a Level 2 journal, the highest level in the official Norwegian ranking (the Norwegian Scientific Index). Articles are published in the three Scandinavian languages: Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. The original spelling of the journal name was ''Tidsskrift for Retsvidenskab'', which was changed to ''Tidsskrift for Rettsvidenskap'' in 1932 and to ''Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap'' in 1940, i.e. from a Danish spelling to a modern Norwegian spelling.

Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been editors-in-chief of the journal, most of them worked at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo: *

1888–1921 * Fredrik Stang 1922–1936 * Erik Solem 1939–1949Erik Solem
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Carl Jacob Arnholm Carl Jacob Arnholm (18 December 1899 – 15 September 1976) was a Norwegian jurist. He was born in Oslo as a son of civil servant Carsten Johannes Andersen (1865–1950) and Gunvor Henriksen (1866–1940). He finished his secondary education i ...

?–1962 http://www.jus.uio.no/ifp/om/historie/ifp50ar.pdf *

Knut Selmer Knut Sejersted Selmer (7 November 1924 – 25 March 2009) was a Norwegian legal scholar. He was born in Aker as a son of professor Ernst Westerlund Selmer (1890–1971) and Ella Sejersted (1895–1968), and was the brother of Ernst Sejersted Sel ...

1963–1964 *

Carsten Smith Carsten Smith (born 13 July 1932, in Oslo) is a Norway, Norwegian judge and lawyer. He served as Dean (education), Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo (1977–1979) and as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway (1991–2002). Aft ...

1963–1973 *

Birger Stuevold Lassen Birger Stuevold Lassen (19 August 1927 – 15 December 2011) was a Norwegian jurist, legal scholar and expert on intellectual property law. Biography He was born at Molde in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. He grew up in Romsdal, where his father Od ...

1974–1999 *

Viggo Hagstrøm Viggo Hagstrøm (16 February 1954, Oslo – 19 January 2013) was a Norwegian legal scholar, and professor of law at the Department of Private Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, University of Oslo Faculty of Law. He obtained the cand.j ...

1999–2013

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* Law journals Publications established in 1888 1888 establishments in Norway Multilingual journals Norwegian-language journals Universitetsforlaget academic journals Swedish-language journals Danish-language journals 5 times per year journals {{law-journal-stub