Philip Henrik Hansteen was a Norwegian judge.

He was born in Moss

Moss, Norway

is a coastal city and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Moss. The city of Moss was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

, and graduated as cand.jur. in 1840. From 1840 to 1842 he was a deputy judge in Moss District Court. Notably, he participated in what was probably Norway's last sentencing to pillory

Pillory

The pillory was a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used for punishment by public humiliation and often further physical abuse, sometimes lethal...

. He later served as district stipendiary magistrate of Sør-Østerdal District Court from 1854 to 1869, then of Solør District Court

Solør District Court

Solør District Court was the district court serving the municipalities Våler, Åsnes and Grue in Norway.It was created in 1847 when Solør og Odalen District Court was split in two; Solør and Vinger and Odal. The headquarters were at Flisa. In 2006 Solør District Court ceased to exist...

 from 1869 to 1879. In 1879 he became a Supreme Court Assessor

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...

, first extraordinary, then permanent.