Norwegian legal scholar and judge who was professor of law at the University of Oslo from 1970 to 2002. He took the dr.juris degree in 1966 with the thesis ‘Luftrett og ansvar,’ was a deputy judge from 1966 to 1967 and a docent at the University of Oslo from 1966 to 1967.
His special fields were tort, family law, inheritance, and aerial law, and he is notable for his textbooks. Notable books include “Luftrett” (1962 and a second volume in 1975), “Barn og foreldre” (7th edition 2006), “Lærebok i erstatningsrett” (6th edition 2009), “Arverett” (5th edition 2008), and “Familieretten” (6th edition 2009). He also edited Norsk lovkommentar with Knut Kaasen and Steinar Tjomsland.
He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1974 and also of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, was secretary-general and president of the International Society of Family Law from 1975 to 1991. He held an honorary degree at Lund University (1993).
He was a judge in the probate court in Oslo, and an acting Supreme Court Justice on five occasions between 1991 and 1998. He chaired Unifor, an administrative foundation for funds and endowments concerning the University of Oslo. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
Lødrup died on 16 June 2010 aged 77.
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