Leif Eldring
Leif Thomas Eldring (18 April 1933 – 25 August 1994) was a Norwegian judge and civil servant.
He was born in Vardø. He competed his education in law in 1963, having worked part-time in Postverket.[1] He was Norway's Governor of Svalbard from 1974 to 1977 and 1985 to 1991.[2] Between the two spells he had been appointed as deputy under-secretary of state in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police. Except for his second spell in Svalbard, he was the permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice from 1979 to 1993.[1] From 1 January 1994 to his death in August 1994 he served as a Supreme Court Justice.[3]
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| Preceded by | Governor of Svalbard 1974–1977 |
Succeeded by Jan Grøndahl |
| Preceded by | Permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice and the Police 1979–1991 |
Succeeded by Hans Vaalund (acting) |
| Preceded by | Governor of Svalbard 1985–1991 |
Succeeded by Odd Blomdal |
| Preceded by
Hans Vaalund (acting)
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Permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice and the Police 1991–1993 |
Succeeded by Ingelin Killengreen |
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