About Jørn Maurud
Born 1960. Jørn Maurud is a Norwegian prosecutor.
Jørn Sigurd Maurud (born 8 April 1960) is a Norwegian jurist. He is Director of Public Prosecutions from 1 November 2019.
Career Maurud graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo in 1987. He has been assigned with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nord-Hedmark District Court, the law company Wikborg, Rein & Co., and the Supreme Court. From 1995 to 2010 he was a public prosecutor in Eidsivating. He was prosecutor in the widely media-covered Orderud case. From 2010 he was State's attorney in Oslo. In 2019 he was appointed as Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions, effective from 1 November, succeeding Tor-Aksel Busch. At the time of his appointment, Maurud recused from handling of the so-called NAV scandal, due to his relationship to former Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Hanne Bjurstrøm.
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director of Public Prosecutions of Norway
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Jørn Maurud was born on 8 April 1960.
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Jørn Maurud is Norwegian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Jørn Maurud. https://biography.guide/jorn-maurud/
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