Terje Wold Explained

Office:Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway
Term Start:1958
Term End:1969
Predecessor:Sverre Grette
Successor:Rolv Ryssdal
Office1:Minister of Justice
Term Start1:1 July 1939
Term End1:25 June 1945
Primeminister1:Johan Nygaardsvold
Predecessor1:Trygve Lie
Office2:Minister of Trade
Term Start2:7 June 1940
Term End2:15 April 1942
Primeminister2:Johan Nygaardsvold
Predecessor2:Anders Frihagen
Successor2:Anders Frihagen
Office3:Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Term Start3:4 December 1945
Term End3:31 December 1949
Constituency3:Finnmark
Birth Date:23 August 1899
Birth Place:Evenes, Nordland, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Death Place:Oslo, Norway
Party:Labour

Terje Wold (23 August 1899 – 6 September 1972) was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Labour Party.

Terje Wold was born in Evenes Municipality. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1921. He worked as a jurist, becoming a Supreme Court Justice of Norway in 1950. From 1958 to 1969 he was the 15th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was a member of the United Nations War Crimes Commission from 1945 to 1946 and the European Court of Human Rights from 1959 to 1972. He presided at the World Association of Judges from 1969 to 1972.

Wold was appointed Minister of Justice during the cabinet Nygaardsvold, and sat from 1939 to 1945. From 1940 to 1942 he was acting Minister of Trade. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Finnmark in 1945, and served one term. On the local level he had been a member of the city council of Vadsø Municipality from 1925 to 1928 and 1931 to 1936, serving as mayor in 1928 and 1934 to 1936. From 1937 to 1939 he was a member of Tromsø Municipality council. He published several books. He was appointed Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav in 1958.

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