Marius Nygaard (judge)
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Marius Nygaard was a Norwegian judge.
He enrolled as a student in 1920 and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1924. He worked as a deputy judge from 1925 to 1927, as a secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police
from 1927 to 1935 and an auxiliary judge from 1935 to 1936. He then worked as an assistant secretary in the Ministry of Justice from 1936 to 1945, and then as a deputy under-secretary of state from 1945. From 1949 to 1972 he served as a Supreme Court Justice
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He chaired the Norwegian Association of Judges from 1953 to 1956, and was a board member of the Nordisk Administrativt Forbund from 1938 to 1949. From 1936 to 1945 he was a secretary of the latter organization in Norway. He was a supervisory council member of Oslo Sparebank from 1944, and chaired it from 1969. In 1965 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
He was a son of presiding judge Finn Nygaard (1873–1967), and thereby a grandson of the academic Marius Nygaard
. He was also a nephew of publisher and politician William Nygaard
and a first cousin of publisher Mads Wiel Nygaard. His sister Ella Nygaard was married for some years to Torfinn Denstad. In 1932 Marius Nygaard married Eva Julie Johanne Christensen, daughter of Oscar von Munthe af Morgenstierne and Eva Christensen. Their daughter Agnes Nygaard
married judge Bjørn Haug
(born 1928), and had the son Marius Nygaard Haug
, a notable jurist.
He enrolled as a student in 1920 and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1924. He worked as a deputy judge from 1925 to 1927, as a secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police
Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of justice, police and domestic intelligence. The main purpose of the Ministry is to provide for the maintenance and development of the basic guarantees of the rule of law...
from 1927 to 1935 and an auxiliary judge from 1935 to 1936. He then worked as an assistant secretary in the Ministry of Justice from 1936 to 1945, and then as a deputy under-secretary of state from 1945. From 1949 to 1972 he served as a Supreme Court Justice
Supreme Court of Norway
The Supreme Court of Norway was established in 1815 on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary. It is located in Oslo and is Norway's highest court...
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He chaired the Norwegian Association of Judges from 1953 to 1956, and was a board member of the Nordisk Administrativt Forbund from 1938 to 1949. From 1936 to 1945 he was a secretary of the latter organization in Norway. He was a supervisory council member of Oslo Sparebank from 1944, and chaired it from 1969. In 1965 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
He was a son of presiding judge Finn Nygaard (1873–1967), and thereby a grandson of the academic Marius Nygaard
Marius Nygaard (academic)
Marius Nygaard was a Norwegian educator and linguist.-Personal life:He was born in Bergen as a son of shipmaster and merchant Mads Christensen Nygaard and Maren Behrens . On the maternal side he was a first cousin of Johan Diederich Behrens.Nygaard married Elise Martin in August 1863 in Bergen...
. He was also a nephew of publisher and politician William Nygaard
William Nygaard
William Nygaard is a retired Norwegian publisher who graduated with a degree in economics in 1967. He is also chairman of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.-Business career:...
and a first cousin of publisher Mads Wiel Nygaard. His sister Ella Nygaard was married for some years to Torfinn Denstad. In 1932 Marius Nygaard married Eva Julie Johanne Christensen, daughter of Oscar von Munthe af Morgenstierne and Eva Christensen. Their daughter Agnes Nygaard
Agnes Nygaard Haug
Agnes Margrete Nygaard Haug is a Norwegian judge.She was born in Oslo as a daughter of Supreme Court Justice Marius Nygaard and Eva Julie Johanne Christensen . Her great-grandfather was the academic Marius Nygaard, and she is also a grandniece of William Martin Nygaard and a second cousin of...
married judge Bjørn Haug
Bjørn Haug
Bjørn Haug is a Norwegian judge.He was born in Oslo. He worked in the Office of the Attorney General of Norway from 1959 to 1962 and in the private company Christiania Spigerverk from 1962 to 1972. He was then the Attorney General of Norway from 1972 to 1993, and also served as the State...
(born 1928), and had the son Marius Nygaard Haug
Marius Nygaard Haug
Marius Nygaard Haug is a Norwegian jurist. Among others he has had a leading position in the Norges Bank Investment Management.He is a son of Bjørn Haug and Agnes Nygaard Haug, and a grandson of Supreme Court Justice Marius Nygaard. He graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur...
, a notable jurist.