Iver Steen Thomle (1 March 1812, in

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– 16 September 1889, in

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) was

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jurist. He was the son of Erich Andreas Thomle and his wife Mette Maria, née Binneballe. His brother was politician and jurist

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. In 1838 Iver Steen Thomle married Augusta Sophie Smith. She died shortly after, but Thomle married Juliane Marie Heyerdahl in 1845. Thomle graduated from the

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in 1833. He held jobs in the lawyer's office of

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and later the

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. In 1849 he became County Governor of Nedenes (today:

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), a post he held until 1860. He was appointed acting

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from September to October 1857.Iver Steen Thomle born 1812
- Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) In 1860 he became a

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judge. In 1879 he took the dr. juris degree at the

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, and that same year became the seventh Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He held the position until 1886; as such he was a part of the impeachment trial against the

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in 1883–1884.

References

1812 births 1889 deaths County governors of Norway Aust-Agder politicians Government ministers of Norway Chief justices of Norway University of Oslo alumni University of Copenhagen alumni People from Froland {{Norway-politician-1810s-stub