Lars Aspeflaten (15 July 1924 – 7 February 2010) was a Norwegian barrister and politician for the Liberal Party.

Early life and World War II

He was born in Bamble, and grew up there. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he joined

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in 1941. He had to go into hiding for some time, and also had to flee to Sweden. During the liberation of Norway in 1945 he served as personal bodyguard of the acting

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Post-war career

After the occupation's end he graduated in law from the

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in 1947. He then worked as a secretary for

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in the Norwegian Directorate for Health before being hired as deputy judge in Tinn and Heddal District Court. He also served as acting district stipendiary magistrate () for some time. He participated as a judge in the

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, and at his death he was known as one of the few surviving judges from this special period. In 1951 he changed job to lawyer; from 1962 he was a barrister with access to work on

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cases. He worked out of Brevik and

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, and was a prolific defender in Skien and Porsgrunn District Court. Aspeflaten was also involved in politics, and served as a deputy representative to the

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from

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during the term 1954–1957. In total he met in ten days of parliamentary sessions. In 1973 he stood for election for the Liberal People's Party. He was a member of Bamble

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for twenty years and Telemark

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for twelve years. Aspeflaten was married for the last sixty-one years of his life. He died in February 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aspeflaten, Lars 1924 births 2010 deaths Norwegian resistance members University of Oslo alumni 20th-century Norwegian judges Politicians from Telemark Deputy members of the Storting Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Liberal People's Party (Norway, 1972) politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Bamble