Bent Berger

Who was Bent Berger?

Bent Berger was a Norwegian judge.

He graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1919, and then worked as a deputy judge and auxiliary judge in several places in Norway. In 1928 he was hired as a judge in Trondheim, in 1936 his position was abolished, hence he moved to Namdal where he was district stipendiary magistrate in Namdal District Court. From 1940 to 1945 Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany. Following the liberation of Norway on 8 May 1945, Berger was acting County Governor of Nord-Trøndelag for a short period. Later, in September 1945, he was named as a Supreme Court Justice. He stood in this position until his retirement in 1968.