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Supreme Court

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1814-05-17 00:00:00.0 Regular founding

Name
Supreme Court

Short name
Høyesterett

Affiliations
Other public administration body

Hierarchical level
Highest level

COFOG
03 Public order and safety

Superior body
The State

Main affiliation category
National single organization (without subordinated units)

Located
301 Kristiania

The Constitution of 1814 gave Norway its own Supreme Court. Up until then the Supreme Court was located in the Danish-Norwegian capital Copenhagen (, although indeed with a Norwegian Chief Justice from 1799 by the name of Jakob Edvard Colbjoernsen). Later on his brother, Christian Colbjørnsen took over from 1802 - 1814.
Johan Randulf Bull was in September 1814 appointed Chief Justice, and the Norwegian Supreme Court was established in 1815.

The Court did not have its own building and rented different quarters where the members of the Court could assemble. These quarters were of low standard. The Justices worked mostly at home, and court documents were delivered to them daily by hand.

In 1846 the Supreme Court moved to Dronningsgate No. 18 B as a tenant of the widow Mrs. Boelling. This property was later taken over by Jacob B. Brun, who was a baker, and the Supreme Court was roomed here up until 1898 when the building was to be torn down.

The Storting (national assembly) had then decided to purchase a property on the elongment of Apotekergaten to site a new Courthouse in Kristiania (the name of the capital at this time). From 1898 and up until the Courthouse was finished in 1903, the Court was situated in the Palaeet in Fred Olsensgate No. 6. This was a beautiful building that had earlier accomodated members of the Royal Family. It was, unfortunately, totally damaged by fire in 1942.

Source: www.domstol.no (http://www.domstol.no/en/Enkelt-domstol/-Norges-Hoyesterett/The-Supreme-Court-of-Norway-/History-/)

1818-11-17 00:00:00.0 * New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)

Superior body
Ministry of Justice and Police

2002-11-01 00:00:00.0 * Unit moving into, or out of, integrated organizations

(The unit moves into, or out of, an integrated organization or a group organization; the unit becomes part of a larger service / group of organizations.)

Superior body
National Courts Administration

Main affiliation category
Body part of group subordinated ministry

2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Maintenance by reorganization

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English