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, 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

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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, Viken, Norway, in the Oslo metropolitan area. Mainly a residential area, its population (2005) is 4,311. It is normal to divide Høvik into two parts; Nedre (lower) and Øvre (upper). Høv ...

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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