''Norsk Retstidende'' (Rt.) was a periodical published by the

Norwegian Bar Association The Norwegian Bar Association () is an association of Norwegian lawyers. It was established in 1908 as , and assumed its current name from 1965. As of 2008 the association had about 7,000 members. Among its publications are the journals '' Norsk ...

. It was in circulation between 1836 and 2015. From 2016 it became an online-only publication.

History and profile

The journal was established in 1836, and had its current name since 1909. ''Norsk Retstidende'' published judgements of the

Supreme Court of Norway The Supreme Court of Norway ( Norwegian Bokmål: ; Norwegian Nynorsk: ; lit. 'Highest Court') is the highest court in the Norwegian judiciary. It was established in 1815 on the basis of section 88 in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway, ...

, and rulings of the Appeals Selection Committee. In 1871, it was merged with the Norwegian Lawyers' Association's magazine entitled ''Ugeblad for Lovkyndighed, Statistik og Statsøkonomi''. In 1908, the Norwegian Bar and Lawyers' Association took over the publishing and distribution rights of ''Norsk Retstidende''. Supreme Court lawyer Jens Michael Lund was appointed editor which he held until

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. Then Supreme Court attorneys Chr. L. Jensen, Trygve Norman and Hans Stenberg-Nilsen and the faculty librarian Pål A. Bertnes served in the post until 2012. Nils Erik Lie was the

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

of the periodical between 2012 and 2015 when it ceased publication. In 2016

Lovdata Lovdata is a Norwegian foundation which publishes judicial information of Norway. It publishes the periodical ''Norsk lovtidend'', and ''Lov&Data'' and ''EuroRett'', and hosts a website with free, public access to all Norwegian laws and other ...

acquired ''Norsk Retstidende'' and launched it as online-only periodical, while the Norwegian Bar Association retained the right to the historical versions up to and including the 2015 vintage. Judgements of the Supreme Court are normally referred to as for example ''Rt. 1954 s. 710'', where Rt. stands for ''Norsk Retstidende'', 1954 is the year of the judgement, "s." means page, and 710 is the page number in ''Norsk Retstidende''. In English it would be ''Rt. 1954 p. 710''. In 1996 the circulation of ''Norsk Retstidende'' was 5,000 copies. It was only 350 copies in 2015 just before its closure.

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