Senja District Court

Senja District Court
	Senja tingrett
Location	Finnsnes, Troms, Norway
Coordinates	69°13′45″N17°58′45″E / 69.2293°N 17.9792°E Coordinates: 69°13′45″N17°58′45″E / 69.2293°N 17.9792°E
Decisions are appealed to	Hålogaland; Court of Appeal
Number of positions	3
Website	Official website
Chief Judge (Sørenskriver)
Currently	Frank Kjetil Olsen
Division map
	Senja District Court covers the green areas in Troms county

Last updated February 21, 2019

Senja District Court (Norwegian : Senja tingrett) is a district court located in the town of Finnsnes in Troms county, Norway. The court serves the central and southeastern part of the county which includes the municipalities of Bardu, Berg, Dyrøy, Lenvik, Målselv, Torsken, Tranøy and Sørreisa. The court is subordinate to the Hålogaland Court of Appeal. The court is led by the chief judge (Sorenskriver) Frank Kjetil Olsen.^[1] This court employs a chief judge and two other judges.^[2]

Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is the official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional varieties, and some Norwegian and Swedish dialects, in particular, are very close. These Scandinavian languages, together with Faroese and Icelandic as well as some extinct languages, constitute the North Germanic languages. Faroese and Icelandic are hardly mutually intelligible with Norwegian in their spoken form because continental Scandinavian has diverged from them. While the two Germanic languages with the greatest numbers of speakers, English and German, have close similarities with Norwegian, neither is mutually intelligible with it. Norwegian is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era.

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.

Finnsnes is a small town that is the administrative centre of Lenvik Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The town is located on the mainland part of Norway, just across the Gisundet strait from the island of Senja. The Gisund Bridge connects Finnsnes to the suburban villages of Silsand and Laukhella on the island of Senja. The municipality is well provided with kindergartens and a decentralized school system on both primary and secondary level. There are also three schools on upper secondary/high school level and a centre for decentralized studies on university level. Finnsnes Church is located in the center of the town.

The court is a court of first instance. Its judicial duties are mainly to settle criminal cases and to resolve civil litigation as well as bankruptcy. The administration and registration tasks of the court include death registration, issuing certain certificates, performing duties of a notary public, and officiating civil wedding ceremonies. Cases from this court are heard by a combination of professional judges and lay judges. Cases from this district court may be appealed to the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.^[3]

Bankruptcy is a legal status of a person or other entity who cannot repay debts to creditors. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor.

Notary public civil position that certifies documents and administers oral oaths and affirmations

A notary public of the common law is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business. A notary's main functions are to administer oaths and affirmations, take affidavits and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate the execution of certain classes of documents, take acknowledgments of deeds and other conveyances, protest notes and bills of exchange, provide notice of foreign drafts, prepare marine or ship's protests in cases of damage, provide exemplifications and notarial copies, and perform certain other official acts depending on the jurisdiction. Any such act is known as a notarization. The term notary public only refers to common-law notaries and should not be confused with civil-law notaries.

The Hålogaland Court of Appeal is one of six courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the city of Tromsø. The court has jurisdiction over the counties of Nordland, Troms, and Finnmark as well as the island territories of Jan Mayen and Svalbard. These areas constitute the Juridical District of Hålogaland, which has nearly a half a million residents. The court has 16 full-time judges plus a number of other support staff members. The Court is headed by a lawspeaker, currently by Monica Hansen Nylund. The administration of the Court is managed by the Norwegian National Courts Administration.

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References

↑ "Senja district court". Norwegian National Courts Administration . Retrieved 2018-08-04.
↑ "Ansatte" (in Norwegian). Senja tingrett. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
↑ Gisle, Jon, ed. (2017-08-18). "Tingrett". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget . Retrieved 2018-08-04.

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[1] "Senja district court". Norwegian National Courts Administration . Retrieved 2018-08-04.

[2] "Ansatte" (in Norwegian). Senja tingrett. Retrieved 2018-08-04.

[snl-3] Gisle, Jon, ed. (2017-08-18). "Tingrett". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget . Retrieved 2018-08-04.

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