Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen

Danish-Norwegian judge

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1744

Place of Birth: Sørum, Akershus, Norway

Date of Death: 13-Feb-1802

Profession: judge

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen (19 November 1744 - 13 February 1802) was a Norwegian-Danish jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Denmark (Da.
Højesteret, Nor.
Høyesterett).Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen was born at Sørum in Akershus, Norway.
He was raised in the traditional region of Romerike.
His parents were Colbjørn Colbjørnsen Jacobsen (1714-1761) and Anna Dorothea Røring (1710-1772).
Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen, along with his brothers, Edvard Røring Colbjørnsen (1751–1792), Christian Colbjørnsen attended the Christiania Cathedral School.He studied law at the University of Copenhagen.
Subsequently, he served as a professor of law at the University of Copenhagen and later as extraordinary assessor in the Supreme Court.
He served as the chief justice from 1799 until his death in 1802.
His brother, Christian Colbjørnsen was chief justice of Denmark-Norway from 1804 until 1814.