Oskar Hordnes (26 October 1924 – 19 June 2011) was a Norwegian judge and chief of police. He was born in

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. After graduating with the cand.jur. degree from the

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in 1949, he eventually became a police officer in his hometown. In 1970 he advanced to chief detective. From 1975 to 1982 he was a presiding judge in

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, and from 1982 to 1992 he was the chief of police of Bergen.

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