Viggo Hagstrøm (16 February 1954,

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– 19 January 2013) was a Norwegian legal scholar, and professor of law at the Department of Private Law at the University of Oslo Faculty of Law. He obtained the

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degree in 1979, and was appointed lecturer in law at the University of Oslo in 1980. In 1985, he obtained the dr.juris degree and was appointed as associate professor. He became professor of law, particularly

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, in 1988. He was head of department for the Department of Private Law 1992–2000. He was a member of the Study Group on a European Civil Code. He was a member of the

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and held an

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at the

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. He was editor-in-chief of ''

Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap ''Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap'' (English: "Journal of Jurisprudence") is a Norwegian law journal. It was established in 1888 by Francis Hagerup to "form a link between legal research in the Nordic countries" and is currently published by Universi ...

'' (from 1999). Hagstrøm died on 19 January 2013, after having been in a

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since November the previous year because of choking on an item of food served during a publisher's dinner.

Selected works

*''Obligasjonsrett'', Universitetsforlaget, 2011, , 968 pages. *''Kjøpsrett'', Universitetsforlaget, 2005, , 310 pages. *''Obligasjonsrett'', Universitetsforlaget, 2003, , 937 pages.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hagstrom, Viggo 1954 births 2013 deaths Academics of the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo Norwegian legal scholars Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Norwegian journal editors