- Iver Steen Thomle
Iver Steen Thomle (born
1 March 1812 inFroland , died16 September 1889 inKristiania ) was Norwegian jurist.He was the son of Erich Andreas Thomle and his wife Mette Maria, née Binneballe. His brother was politician and jurist
August Thomle . In 1838 Iver Steen Thomle married Augusta Sophie Smith. She died shortly after, but Thomle married Juliane Marie Heyerdahl in 1845.Thomle graduated from the University of Christiania in 1833. He held jobs in the lawyer's office of
Frederik Stang and later the Ministry of Justice. In 1849 he became County Governor of Nedenes (today:Aust-Agder ), a post he held until 1860. He was appointed acting Minister of Justice from September to October 1857. [http://samfunnsveven.no/TT/U21.cfm?Utside=&Uttaksnummer=21&person=4033 Iver Steen Thomle born 1812] - Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)]In 1860 he became a Supreme Court judge. In 1879 he took the
dr. juris degree at theUniversity of Copenhagen , and the same year he advanced to the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He held the position until 1886; as such he was a part of the impeachment trial against thecabinet Selmer in 1883-1884.References
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