Tone Sverdrup

{{Short description|Norwegian jurist}}

Tone Sverdrup (born 15 January 1951) is a Norwegian jurist.

She was born in Oslo. She took the siv.øk. degree,{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Tone Sverdrup|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|editor=Henriksen, Petter|url=http://www.snl.no/Tone_Sverdrup|language=Norwegian|accessdate=13 April 2009}} and also graduated as cand.jur. in 1977. She was a secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour from 1974 to 1975 and as a consultant in the Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1977 to 1978. At the University of Oslo, she was a research assistant from 1975 to 1976, and also worked there from 1979 to 1980. From 1984 to 1986 she had a NAVF scholarship. She became an associate professor at the University of Oslo in 1988, and was promoted to professor in 2000. She took the dr.juris degree in 1997.{{cite web|url=http://www.domstol.no/DAtemplates/Article____21548.aspx?epslanguage=NO|title=Tone Sverdrup, konstituert Høyesterettsdommer|date=8 October 2009|publisher=Norwegian National Courts Administration|language=Norwegian|accessdate=3 December 2010}} Her field is private law. She has also been an acting Supreme Court Justice. She is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27643|title=Gruppe 6: Rettsvitenskap|publisher=Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|language=Norwegian|accessdate=14 May 2013}}