Norwegian Prosecuting Authority
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Norwegian Prosecuting Authority is a body subordinate to the Norwegian Council of State.
This body is responsible for legal prosecutions in Norway. It is divided into three branches. The third branch is the Prosecuting Authority in the Police. The first two, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Public Prosecutors, are called "the Higher Prosecuting Authority" . Public Prosecutors work on a regional basis, whereas the Director of Public Prosecutions has the coordinative leadership. The current Director of Public Prosecutions is Tor-Aksel Busch.
This body is responsible for legal prosecutions in Norway. It is divided into three branches. The third branch is the Prosecuting Authority in the Police. The first two, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Public Prosecutors, are called "the Higher Prosecuting Authority" . Public Prosecutors work on a regional basis, whereas the Director of Public Prosecutions has the coordinative leadership. The current Director of Public Prosecutions is Tor-Aksel Busch.
Directors of Public Prosecutions
This is a list of the Directors of Public Prosecutions:- 1889–1901 : Bernhard GetzBernhard GetzBernhard Getz was a Norwegian judge, professor, law reformer and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Trondhjem. From 1889 to 1901 he served as the first Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions. He was Mayor of Kristiania from 1891 to 1892. He was a member of the Norwegian Nobel...
- 1901–1904 : Johan BlackstadJohan BlackstadJohan Blackstad was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Bergen and took the cand.jur. degree in 1857. He was hired in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1860, and in 1870 he went on to become district stipendiary magistrate in Varanger...
(acting since 1891) - 1904–1911 : Harald SmedalHarald SmedalHarald Smedal was Norwegian member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1895-1896, Minister of Auditing 1896-1897, and Minister of Justice 1897-1898....
(acting since 1904) - 1911–1929 : Peder KjerschowPeder KjerschowPeder Kjerschow was a Norwegian judge.He was born in Tromsøe, as a son of Christian Collett Kjerschow and grandson of Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow. Through marriage he was a nephew of Jacob Andreas Michelsen and first cousin of Christian Michelsen...
- 1929–1940 : Haakon SundHaakon SundHaakon Ragnvald Olsen Sund was a Norwegian judge and prosecutor.He took the cand.jur. degree in 1895, and became police chief in Bodø in 1904. In 1913 he was promoted to Public Prosecutor in Nordland...
- 1941–1945 : Jørgen NordvikJørgen NordvikJørgen Kornelius Nordvik was a Norwegian jurist.He was a member of the party Nasjonal Samling before the Second World War, and worked as an attorney in Lillehammer. In 1940 he participated for Norway in battles near Høytorp Fortress. However, during the subsequent occupation of Norway by Nazi...
(collaborator during the German occupation of Norway) - 1945–1946 : Sven ArntzenSven ArntzenSven Arntzen was a Norwegian barrister. He was also the acting director general of the Norwegian Prosecuting Authority from 1945 ot 1946, and played an important role in the legal purge in Norway after World War II....
(acting) - 1946–1967 : Andreas AulieAndreas AulieAndreas Aulie was a Norwegian jurist. He was born in Krisitania. He served as chief of police of Norway from 1945 to 1946, and as Director General of Public Prosecutions from 1946.-References:...
- 1968–1979 : Lauritz J. DorenfeldtLauritz Jenssen Dorenfeldt (jurist)-Personal life:He was born in Kristiania as a son of engineer Lauritz Jenssen Dorenfeldt and Aagot Bødtker . He was a grandson of Lauritz Jenssen, grandnephew of Hans Jørgen Darre and a nephew of Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen and Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen...
- 1979–1986 : Magnar Flornes
- 1986–1997 : Georg Fredrik Rieber-MohnGeorg Fredrik Rieber-MohnGeorg Fredrik Rieber-Mohn is a Norwegian judge.He was born in Lillehammer, and graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo in 1969....
- 1997–present : Tor-Aksel Busch