Egil Endresen (28 April 1920 – 10 May 1992) was a Norwegian judge and politician for the

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. He was born in

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as a son of Gustav Adolf Emil Endresen (1882–1955) and Alida Anda (1883–1974). He took his

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1940, commerce school in 1941 and also took military training as a

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. He studied law at the

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, and graduated with the

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degree in 1947. He worked as a secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1947 to 1948, then as a deputy judge in

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in and

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from 1949 to 1950. He was an attorney in Stavanger from 1950 to 1963, from 1960 a barrister with access to work with

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cases. From 1962 to 1965 he worked with tourism in

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. Endresen was a member of the executive committee of Stavanger city council from 1955 to 1963. He was elected to the

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from

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, and was re-elected on one occasion in

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. His second term was cut short as he on 3 October 1970 was appointed Minister of Justice and the Police during the centre-right

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, replacing Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer. He held the position until Borten's Cabinet fell in 1971. Olle Johan Eriksen took his seat in Parliament from 1970 to 1971. Endresen finished his second term in 1973, and was a member of the

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in both terms. From 1972 to 1977 Endresen served as the district stipendiary magistrate of Holt. He then served as a

Justice from 1977 to 1988. He was decorated as a Commander of the

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in 1987. His son Clement Endresen became a Supreme Court Justice too.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Endresen, Egil 1920 births 1992 deaths University of Oslo alumni Politicians from Stavanger Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Government ministers of Norway Supreme Court of Norway justices 20th-century Norwegian lawyers 20th-century Norwegian politicians Ministers of Justice of Norway