Geirulf Bugge (1 February 1862 – 3 November 1940) was a Norwegian judge.

Personal life

He was born in

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as a son of ship-owner Jørgen Ørbech Bugge (1829–1888) and Amalia Gjerulfsen. He was a brother of priest Christian August Bugge, ship-owner Jens Andreas Hjorth Bugge and civil servant Erling Bugge, and an uncle of barrister Heuch Bugge, art historian Anders Ragnar Bugge and civil servant Karl Ludvig Bugge. In 1892 he married Josefine Othilie Johnsen from

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Career

He finished his secondary education in 1880, and graduated from the

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with the

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degree in 1885. He became a barrister in 1889, with access to working with Supreme Court cases. He worked as an attorney in

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from 1889 to 1918, when he became an assessor. In 1919 he was promoted to

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. While in Fredrikstad he was also elected to the city council and its executive committee. He was also a board member of the

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from 1908 to 1916. He died in November 1940.

References

1862 births 1940 deaths People from Mandal, Norway People from Fredrikstad University of Oslo alumni Østfold politicians 19th-century Norwegian lawyers Supreme Court of Norway justices 20th-century Norwegian judges {{Norway-law-bio-stub