Jørgen Nordvik, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jørgen Nordvik

Norwegian lawyer

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1895

Date of Death: 21-Jul-1977

Profession: lawyer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Jørgen Nordvik

  • Jørgen Kornelius Nordvik (28 November 1895 – 21 July 1977) was a Norwegian jurist. He was a member of the party Nasjonal Samling before the Second World War, and worked as an attorney in Lillehammer.
  • In 1940 he participated for Norway in battles near Høytorp Fort.
  • However, during the subsequent occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany a career path opened for him.
  • In February 1941 he was appointed as Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions to replace Haakon Sund who had been fired for anti-German sentiments.During the legal purge in Norway after World War II he was convicted of treason, and sentenced to fourteen years of forced labour.
  • He died in 1977 and was buried at Vestre gravlund.

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