In 1945 he was hired in the Ministry of Justice and the Police, where he was promoted to assistant secretary after one year. His 1945 book Rettskraft earned him the dr.juris degree in 1947. He then became a lecturer of law, and released several books during World War II. degree in 1938, and worked as a deputy judge on the island of Senja until 1940. Career Įckhoff finished his secondary education in 1934, and enrolled in law studies at the University of Oslo. In 1941 he married psychologist Eva Bergliot Råness (1921–1991).

He was a brother of designer Mathias Gerrard Eckhoff, a second cousin of jurist Ernst Fredrik Eckhoff and actor Johannes Eckhoff, and a grandnephew of architect Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff. He was born in Vestre Slidre as the son of shipmaster Trygve Eckhoff (1884–1957) and his wife Sigrid Einang (1886–1971). Torstein Einang Eckhoff (5 June 1916 – 17 April 1993) was a Norwegian civil servant and professor of law at the University of Oslo. “Thank you for all you have been to Johannes and me.Norwegian civil servant and professor of law On Saturday night John and I were with you when the doctors in the hospital turned off all the machines that kept your body going. “They did everything they could to bring you back to life, but you had been underwater for too long. You ended up in the ice water, and this time you didn't get back up, like you did so many times before! In the end, you were picked up by divers and sent by air ambulance to Ullevål hospital. According to his partner, Eckhoff had to be rescued by divers after not coming back up (Image: For the latest breaking news and stories from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.

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