Anders Bratholm (7 January 1920 - 8 July 2010) was a Norwegian professor and legal scholar.[1]
Bratholm was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents were Johan Bernhard Bratholm (1893–1967) and Petra Marie Ratvik (1895–1971).He took his doctorate degree in 1958.After graduation, he was a judge prior to becoming a fellow student at the University of Oslo. He was a professor of jurisprudence at the University of Oslo from 1960, a position he held until his retirement in 1990. His legal field was primarily criminal law which he taught at the university. [2]
He published Pågripelse og varetektsfengsel (1957) and numerous other books. He was editor-in-chief of the newspaper Dagningen from 1945 until 1947, and of the journal Lov og Rett from 1962 until 1990. He was a member of the World Peace Foundation (Stiftelsen Fred) 1986-92 and member of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee 1990–92.[2]
He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters since 1963, and was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav.He was awarded the Fritt Ord Award in 1986.[3] [4] He resided at Hosle and died at Bærum in 2010.[5] [6]