Henrik Svensen (17 July 1904–16 August 2007) was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in

Askøy Askøy is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island municipality is located in the Midhordland district of the county, sitting in a large group of islands immediately northwest of the city of Bergen, which i ...

, finished his secondary education in 1922 and got his

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in 1926. He was a junior solicitor from 1926 to 1927, deputy judge in Hardanger District Court from 1928 to 1930, secretary in the

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from 1933 to 1937 and in the city administration of

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from 1938 to 1942. He was a member of Bergen city council from 1951 to 1961. He was elected to the

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from Bergen in 1954, and was re-elected on one occasion, notably chairing the

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in his second term. He worked as a presiding judge in

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from 1945 to 1961, and in

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briefly in 1961 before becoming County Governor of Aust-Agder, a post he held until 1974. He was president of Norges Forsvarsforening from 1962 to 1966. Svensen died in August 2007, aged 103.

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1904 births 2007 deaths People from Askøy Norwegian civil servants Norwegian judges Politicians from Bergen Conservative Party (Norway) politicians County governors of Norway Norwegian men centenarians Members of the Storting 1958–1961 Members of the Storting 1954–1957 {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub