Ulf Underland (1928 – 1 November 2012) was a Norwegian barrister. He took the

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degree in 1953, and was hired in the

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. He was stationed in

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and

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before being promoted to assistant secretary in 1967. In 1971 he became a barrister with access to work with Supreme Court cases, and became a partner in the law firm Arntzen, Underland & Co, today named

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. He is best known as the defender of

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in 1984–1985, together with Jon Lyng and

Andreas Arntzen Andreas Arntzen (18 February 1777 – 14 December 1837) was a Norway, Norwegian politician. He was born in Grue, Norway, Grue, and graduated as cand.jur. in Copenhagen in 1802. He then worked as an attorney, chief of police of Oslo, Christiania ...

. He resided in

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. He died in November 2012.

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1928 births 2012 deaths People from Ski, Norway University of Oslo alumni Norwegian civil servants Norwegian expatriates in France Norwegian expatriates in Thailand Norwegian expatriates in Austria 20th-century Norwegian lawyers {{Norway-law-bio-stub