Rolv Hellesylt (26 September 1927 – 19 January 2024)Rolv Hellesylt var viktig i Høyesteretts indre liv
was a Norwegian judge. He was born in

Sunnylven Municipality Sunnylven is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. Since that time, it has made up the southern part of the present-day Stranda Municipality. It encompassed t ...

, and graduated with the

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degree in 1956. He then spent one year at

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. He was hired in the

Ministry of Justice and the Police The Royal Ministry of Justice and Public Security () is a Norwegian government ministry that oversees justice, the police, and domestic intelligence. The main purpose of the ministry is to provide for the maintenance and development of the basic ...

in 1959, and was promoted to assisting secretary in 1969. He was then a city lawyer in

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from 1976 to 1979, before serving as a

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from 1979 to 1997. He lived at

Høvik Høvik is a suburban area in the municipality of Bærum, Akershus, Norway, within the Oslo metropolitan area. Primarily a residential area, its population was 4,311 in 2005. Høvik is typically divided into two parts: Nedre (lower) and Øvre (up ...

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1927 births 2024 deaths Supreme Court of Norway justices Norwegian civil servants People from Sunnmøre Norwegian expatriates in the United States {{norway-law-bio-stub