About Karsten Gaarder
Lived 1902 – 1980 (aged 77–78). Karsten Gaarder was a Norwegian judge.
Karsten Gaarder (5 April 1902 – 1980) was a Norwegian judge.
He was born in Vestre Toten Municipality, a son of farmers Petter Hansen Gaarder and Kari Alfstad. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1924, and later served as judge, secretary at the Ministry of Justice, and lecturer at the Norwegian School of Economics. He was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway from 1946. He was decorated Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1964.
He died in 1980. His son Bård Gaarder was a presiding judge, and married to noted educationalist Birgit Brock-Utne for many years.
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Norwegian judge (1902-1980)
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Karsten Gaarder was born on 5 April 1902 in Vestre Toten Municipality.
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Karsten Gaarder died in 1980.
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Karsten Gaarder was a judge.
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Karsten Gaarder was Norwegian.
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