About Knut Robberstad
Lived 1899 – 1981 (aged 82). Knut Robberstad was a Norwegian law professor and jurist.
Knut Ingebrikt Robberstad (22 April 1899 – 31 July 1981) was a Norwegian jurist and philologist.
He was born in Askøy Municipality, Hordaland, Norway. He was a professor of jurisprudence at the University of Oslo from 1945 to 1969. His juridical publications include Oreigningsvederlaget (1968) and Rettsutferd (1969). A philologist who chaired Noregs Mållag from 1952 to 1957, he translated several documents from Old Norse, including Magnus Lagabøters bylov (1923), a law dating from the reign of Magnus IV of Norway, and Gulatingslovi (1937).
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Who was Knut Robberstad?
Norwegian legal scholar
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Knut Robberstad was born on 22 April 1899 in Herdla.
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Knut Robberstad died on 31 July 1981.
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Knut Robberstad was a law professor and jurist.
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Knut Robberstad was Norwegian.
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