| Frostating Court of Appeal | |
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| Frostating lagmannsrett | |
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| Location | Trondheim |
| Coordinates | 63°25′46″N10°23′42″E / 63.42936°N 10.39497°E Coordinates: 63°25′46″N10°23′42″E / 63.42936°N 10.39497°E |
| Appeals to | Supreme Court of Norway |
| Appeals from | District Courts |
| Number of positions | 19 |
| Annual budget | 22.7 million kr |
| Website | frostating |
| Chief Judge | |
| Currently | Sven-Jørgen Lindsetmo |
Frostating Court of Appeal is a court of appeal located in the city of Trondheim, Norway. It serves as a court of appeal for the counties of Trøndelag and Møre og Romsdal in Central Norway. [1] There are 19 permanent judges on this court, which is led by Sven-Jørgen Lindsetmo, the chief judge.
Trondheim is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It has a population of 193,501, and is the third-most populous municipality in Norway, although the fourth largest urban area. Trondheim lies on the south shore of Trondheim Fjord at the mouth of the River Nidelva. The city is dominated by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), St. Olavs University Hospital and other technology-oriented institutions.
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.
Trøndelag is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ; in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag, and the counties were reunited in 2018. Trøndelag county and the neighboring Møre og Romsdal county together form what is known as Central Norway.
The following district courts fall under this court of appeals: Fosen District Court, Sør-Trøndelag District Court, Inntrøndelag District Court, and Namdal District Court (in Trøndelag county) and Romsdal District Court, Nordmøre District Court, and Sunnmøre District Court (in Møre og Romsdal county).
In Norway, the district court is the first court instance, and handles both criminal and civil cases. The chief judge of a district court is the chief district judge.
Fosen District Court is a district court in Trøndelag county, Norway. The Court is headquartered at the Fosen Tinghus in the town of Brekstad in the municipality of Ørland. The court is named for the traditional district of Fosen and it is subordinate to the Frostating Court of Appeal. It has a jurisdiction covering the municipalities of Ørland, Bjugn, Frøya, Hitra, Indre Fosen, Osen, Roan, and Åfjord.
Sør-Trøndelag District Court is the district court serving the southern part of Trøndelag county. It includes the 17 municipalities of Trondheim, Malvik, Klæbu, Selbu, Tydal, Røros, Holtålen, Midtre Gauldal, Oppdal, Rennebu, Melhus, Meldal, Skaun, Orkdal, Agdenes, Snillfjord, and Hemne. The court is based in the city of Trondheim at the Trondheim courthouse. Appeals from this court go to the Frostating Court of Appeal.
In addition to the main court that is held in Trondheim at the Trondheim Courthouse, there are satellite courthouses in the cities of Ålesund, Molde and Kristiansund. The court is administered by the Norwegian National Courts Administration. The Frostating has 19 judges. [1]
Norwegian National Courts Administration is a Norwegian government agency responsible for the management and operations of the Courts of Justice of Norway. It is purely an administrative organisation, and does not interfere with the judicial processes nor the appointment of judges or other judicial positions in the court system. The agency is based in Trondheim and was created on November 1, 2002 when the responsibilities were transferred from the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police.
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and, typically, in an open court. The judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers of the case, assesses the credibility and arguments of the parties, and then issues a ruling on the matter at hand based on his or her interpretation of the law and his or her own personal judgment. In some jurisdictions, the judge's powers may be shared with a jury. In inquisitorial systems of criminal investigation, a judge might also be an examining magistrate.
