Trygve Bendiksby was a Norwegian judge.

He was born in Modum

Modum

Modum is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hallingdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vikersund. The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838 .The area has a long tradition of skiing with several famous...

 of farmer roots. He finished

Examen artium

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 his secondary education in 1925, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1930. From 1933 he worked as a deputy judge in Nordmøre

Nordmøre

Nordmøre is a traditional district in the Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. The area comprises the northern third of the county including the municipalities of Kristiansund, Averøy, Tingvoll, Surnadal, Rindal, Aure, Halsa, Eide, Sunndal, Gjemnes, and Smøla...

, and from 1936 to 1940 he was a secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police

Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police

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.

In 1946 he was an acting judge in Oslo District Court

Oslo District Court

Oslo District Court is the district court serving Oslo, Norway. Cases may be appealed to Borgarting Court of Appeal. As the largest district court in Norway, it handles about 20% of all cases in the country...

 for a few months, before being appointed district stipendiary magistrate in Senja

Senja

Senja is the second largest island in Norway . It is located along the Troms county coastline with Finnsnes as the closest town. Senja is connected to the mainland by the Gisund Bridge. The municipalities located on Senja are Lenvik , Berg, Torsken, and Tranøy...

 in September. In 1952 he was named as a Supreme Court Justice

Supreme Court of Norway

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, and he stood in this position until his retirement in 1977. He died in 1992.