Alf Nordhus, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alf Nordhus

Norwegian lawyer

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1919

Date of Death: 19-Dec-1997

Profession: lawyer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Alf Nordhus

  • Alf Nordhus (25 August 1919 – 19 December 1997) was a Norwegian barrister.
  • Alf Magnus Nordhus was born in Bergen, Norway.
  • Nordhus graduated from the University of Oslo with a law degree in 1943.
  • He was a public prosecutor from 1946 to 1947.
  • Nordhus was licensed as an attorney in 1953 and opened his own law practice in Oslo the same year.
  • From 1958 he practiced as a barrister before the Supreme Court of Norway.
  • He became a very well known and sought-after defense lawyer.
  • He served in the defense in several serious criminal cases.
  • Among his most prominent trials were the Hollekim case (1964) where he went against his own client who had confessed to murder and got him acquitted.
  • The Liv case (1982) involved a woman accused of having killed her husband after years of being subjected to psychological and physical abuse.
  • A bust of Nordhus, sculptured by Nils Aas, is located at the Oslo Courthouse.

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