Bård Tønder (born 1 May 1948) is a Norwegian judge.
He was born in
Sjøvegan
Sjøvegan is the administrative centre of Salangen Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Sagfjorden, a branch of the Salangen fjord. The river Salangselva empties into the fjord at Sjøvegan. T ...
, and graduated as
cand.jur.
Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries.
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in 1975. He worked in the
Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1976 to 1978, as an attorney in
Trondenes
Trondenes is an old parish and former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located along the western shore of the Vågsfjorden in what is now Harstad Municipality. T ...
from 1971 to 1981, in the
Office of the Attorney General of Norway Established in 1816, the Office of the Attorney General of Norway ( no, Regjeringsadvokatembetet) is the legal advisor to the government. The attorney general assists the executive branch of government with judicial questions and to conduct civil le ...
from 1985 and as a
Supreme Court
A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...
Justice from 2006
to his retirement at age 70.
References
1948 births
Living people
People from Salangen
Supreme Court of Norway justices
Norwegian civil servants
20th-century Norwegian lawyers
21st-century Norwegian lawyers
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