Charles Philipson
{{Short description | Norwegian civil servant}}
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Charles Philipson (5 October 1928 – 26 September 1990) was a Norwegian jurist, civil servant (acting Consumer Ombudsman, and director of the Norwegian Competition Authority), and Supreme Court justice.
Career
Philipson graduated as jurist in 1952. From 1952 to 1953 he was assigned secretary in the Norwegian Price Directorate, and was then assistant judge in Lier, Røyken and Hurum. He then conducted further studies at Harvard Law School, graduating as Master of Laws. From 1958 to 1972 he was appointed at the Office of the Attorney General of Norway, from 1961 barrister with access to working with Supreme Court cases. In 1973 he was appointed judge at Oslo District Court. He served as acting Consumer Ombudsman from 1974 to 1975.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Forbrukertilsynet |first=Ellen Katrine |last=Nyhus |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Forbrukertilsynet |language=no|access-date=31 July 2020}} In 1976 he was back at Oslo District Court, and was then appointed director of the Norwegian Competition Authority from 1977 to 1983.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Konkurransetilsynet |first=Knut Are |last=Tvedt |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Konkurransetilsynet |language=no|access-date=31 July 2020}} He was appointed Supreme Court justice in 1984, and held this position until his death in 1990.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Charles Philipson |first=Sophie |last=Solheim |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Charles_Philipson |language=no|access-date=30 July 2020}}
Philipson was a member of a number of law commissions, including chairman of the 1972 petroleum law commission,{{cite report|title=NOU 1988:18. Lov om planlegging, bygging og drift av rørledning for transport av petroleum over land (rørledningsloven) |series=Norwegian Official Report |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012082309551 |access-date= 1 August 2020}} and the 1975 commission on provisional detention.{{cite report|title=NOU 1980:28. Varetektsfengsling |series=Norwegian Official Report|url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012071006107 |access-date= 1 August 2020}}
Early and personal life
Philipson was born on 5 October 1928 to Jewish immigrants to Norway, Maja and Jakob Philipson.Michelet 2014. pp. 211, 218/219. He grew up in Oslo. On 26 November 1942, during the German occupation of Norway, he narrowly escaped being sent to German extermination camps, as the cab with him and other family members arrived too late to the harbour to board SS Donau, which on this occasion transported more than 500 Jewish prisoners to Stettin, where they were brought further with train to Auschwitz.Michelet 2014. pp. 218/219.Ottosen 1994. pp. 126/127.Vesaas 2017. pp. 117–122. Soon after this Philipson and his family escaped to Sweden with assistance by the refugee operation Carl Fredriksens Transport, arriving in Sweden on 4 December.Vesaas 2017. pp. 156/157. He attended a secondary school in Uppsala, and passed examen artium in Norway in 1947.
References
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- {{cite book |title=Den største forbrytelsen. Ofre og gjerningsmenn i det norske Holocaust |language=no |first=Marte |last=Michelet |author-link=Marte Michelet |year=2014 |publisher=Gyldendal |isbn=978-82-05-48036-0 }}
- {{cite book |title=I slik en natt |first=Kristian |language=no |last=Ottosen |author-link=Kristian Ottosen |pages= 126/127 |publisher=Aschehoug |year= 1994 }}
- {{cite book |title=Carl Fredriksens Transport |language=no |first=Hilde |last=Vesaas |year=2017 |publisher=Kagge Forlag |isbn=978-82-489-2064-9 }}
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{{s-bef|before=Rolf Semmingsen}}
{{s-ttl|title=Director of the Norwegian Competition Authority|years=1977–1983 }}
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Category:Harvard Law School alumni
Category:Supreme Court of Norway justices
Category:20th-century Norwegian judges
Category:Directors of government agencies of Norway