Magnus Matningsdal

Magnus Matningsdal (born 29 September 1951 in Hå) is a Norwegian judge.

He graduated as cand.jur. in 1976 and then took the dr.juris degree in 1986. He was a professor at the University of Bergen from 1987 to 1989, and assisting professor from 1989 to 1997. At the same time he was a judge in Jæren from 1989 and presiding judge in Gulating from 1996 to 1997. He is a Supreme Court Justice from 1997.^[1][2]

On 5 February 2008, the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs of the Norwegian Parliament recommended that a commission be named to investigate and, if warranted, prosecute for impeachment three of the Norwegian Supreme Court Justices who presided over the cases of Fritz Moen, a victim of miscarriage of justice. The three were Matningsdal, Karin Maria Bruzelius and Eilert Stang Lund.^[3] However, when the case was treated by the Standing Committee on Justice three months later, it was closed.^[4]

References

1. Hætta, Odd Mathis (2008). "Matningsdal, Magnus". In Knut Olav Åmås. Hvem er hvem?. Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 369–370. ISBN 978-82-03-23561-0.
2. "Matningsdal, Magnus". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
3. Gjerde, Robert (5 February 2008). "Stortinget må vurdere riksrett". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 February 2008.
4. Ommundsen, Else Gro (8 May 2008). "Høyesterettsdommere stilles ikke for riksrett". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 October 2008.