Jens Bugge


Jens Bugge was a Norwegian judge.
He was born in Oslo as a son of barrister Wilhelm Bugge and brother of barrister Frederik Moltke Bugge. He was a grandson of barrister Fredrik Moltke Bugge, great-grandson of bishop Frederik Wilhelm Klumpp Bugge, great-great-grandson of educator Frederik Moltke Bugge and great-great-great-grandson of bishop Peter Olivarius Bugge. On the maternal side he was a great-grandson of bishop Johan Christian Heuch and second cousin of Hanne Heuch.
He worked as a barrister with access to working with Supreme Court cases from 1965, as a presiding judge from 1978 to 1982 and a Supreme Court Justice from 1982 to 2000.
He was a board member of the Norwegian [Mountain Touring Association] from 1969, and board chairman from 1975 to 1980. He chaired the Norwegian [Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee|Intelligence Oversight Committee] from 1984 to 1988.
He resided in Blommenholm. He died in November 2014.