Karl Arne Utgård (born 6 March 1951) is a Norwegian judge.

He was born in Sykkylven.[1] He graduated with the cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo in 1976, and worked as a research assistant there for two years.[2] He was a Supreme Court Justice from 1999 to 31 December 2018.[1] He was the first Supreme Court Justice who uses the Nynorsk written standard of Norwegian.[2]

He was chairman of the board of the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget from 1981 to 1985 and of the Norwegian National Courts Administration from 2005.[2]

Utgård received the Nynorsk User of the Year award in 2000.

References

  1. 1 2 "Karl Arne Utgård". Store norske leksikon.
  2. 1 2 3 Forr, Gudleiv (2008). Knut Olav Åmås (ed.). Hvem er hvem?. Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 615–616. ISBN 978-82-03-23561-0.
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