Toril Marie Øie (born 17 July 1960) is
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway () is the judicial leader of the Supreme Court of Norway.
The following is a chronological list of chief justices since the court was established:
* 1814–27: Johan Randulf Bull - Named in 1814 ...
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She was born in
Oslo
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and graduated as
cand.jur. in 1986. She worked in the
Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1986 to 2006, except for the period 1988 to 1990 when she was an acting district stipendiary magistrate. From 1994 she was also a part-time university lector at
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...
. She was a
Supreme Court Justice
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from 2004 to 2016.
References
Living people
1960 births
Supreme Court of Norway justices
University of Oslo faculty
Judges from Oslo
Norwegian women judges
Women chief justices
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