Jan Fridthjof Bernt (born 6 July 1943) is a Norwegian professor of law and former rector (1996-1998) at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

. He graduated with the

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degree from the

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in 1968, with the Master of Comparative Law from the

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in 1971 and took the dr.juris degree at the

in 1979. In 1980, he was appointed as professor of law at the University of Bergen. He was elected as rector of the university from 1996 to 1998. He is the

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of the Chr. Michelsen Institute and the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund, and a board member of Transparency International, Norway. He is a former of the

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, and has been proclaimed Knight of the

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(2000) and Grand Knight of the Icelandic

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1943 births Living people Norwegian jurists University of Oslo alumni University of Michigan Law School alumni Academic staff of the University of Bergen Rectors of the University of Bergen Grand Knights of the Order of the Falcon Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters {{law-bio-stub