Andreas Schei, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian civil servant
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Place of Birth: Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
About Andreas Schei
- Andreas Olai Schei (7 October 1902 – 25 December 1989) was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant. He was born in Førde as the son of Per Schei (1872–1960) and Johanne Schei (1874–1963).
- He was a younger brother of Nikolai Schei.
- In 1936 he married Karin Randi Bache-Wiig (1910–1996).
- He is the father of Chief Justice Tore Schei.After spending time in France he enrolled in law studies and took the cand.jur.
- degree in 1926.
- He was a deputy judge from 1926 to 1929 and a secretary in the Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1929 to 1939.
- In 1939 he was hired in the Ministry of Provisioning, and from 1941 to 1942 he was an acting deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Trade.
- Then, after three years in the company Norsk Brændselolje, he was appointed as deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice in 1945.In 1946 he was appointed as a Supreme Court Justice.
- From 1962 to 1974 he served as the Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman for Public Administration.
- He also served as member of other public boards and committees.
- He was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St.
- Olav in 1972.
- He died on 25 December 1989 in Bærum.
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