Arne Christiansen (19 May 1926 – 23 January 2012) was a Norwegian judge.
He was born in
Oslo
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. He enrolled in law studies in 1945, and graduated with the
cand.jur.
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degree in 1949. He worked as a sub-director in the
Ministry of Justice and the Police
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from 1964 to 1969, presiding judge in
Eidsivating
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from 1970 to 1974 and as a
Supreme Court Justice
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from 1974 to 1996. He also presided over the
Norwegian Association of Judges
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and the
International Association of Judges
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