About Leif Eldring
Lived 1933 – 1994 (aged 61). Leif Eldring was a Norwegian judge.
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. He was Norway's Governor of Svalbard from 1974 to 1977 and 1985 to 1991. 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.
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Who was Leif Eldring?
Norwegian civil servant and judge (1933-1994)
When was Leif Eldring born?
Leif Eldring was born on 18 April 1933.
When did Leif Eldring die?
Leif Eldring died on 25 August 1994 in Vadsø.
What was Leif Eldring's occupation?
Leif Eldring was a judge.
What nationality was Leif Eldring?
Leif Eldring was Norwegian.
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