Leif Eldring

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Leif Thomas Eldring (18 April 1933 – 25 August 1994) was a Norwegian judge and civil servant.

He was born in Vardø. He competed his education in law in 1963, having worked part-time in Postverket.[1] He was Norway's Governor of Svalbard from 1974 to 1977 and 1985 to 1991.[2] Between the two spells he had been appointed as deputy under-secretary of state in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police. Except for his second spell in Svalbard, he was the permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice from 1979 to 1993.[1] From 1 January 1994 to his death in August 1994 he served as a Supreme Court Justice.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Leif Eldring er død" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 30 August 1994.
  2. ^ Berg, Ole T. (2007). "fylke". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  3. ^ Faremo, Grete; Smith, Carsten (5 September 1994). "Leif Eldring". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 11.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Governor of Svalbard
1974–1977
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice and the Police
1979–1991
Succeeded by
(acting)
Preceded by Governor of Svalbard
1985–1991
Succeeded by
Preceded by
(acting)
Permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice and the Police
1991–1993
Succeeded by


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