Nils Peder Langvand [SEP] occupation
Nils Peder Langvand
Nils Peder Langvand (12 June 1929 – 31 October 2002) was a Norwegian judge.
He was born in Volda. He was a presiding judge in Gulating Court of Appeal from 1971 and in Eidsivating Court of Appeal from 1977, and a Supreme Court Justice from 1984 to 1996.
Nils in honor of both his late maternal grandfather Nils Gyllenstierna and his late paternal great-grandfather Nils Bosson Sture.
In early 1520, the Danish attacked Sweden, and Nils's father the regent Sten Sture died from battle wounds. The boy Nils was sent to safety in Danzig, under guardianship of Chancellor Peder Sunnanväder. Later they returned, but King Christian II arrested them and the boy was kept in custody in Denmark. In 1524 he was released by Frederick I, the new Danish king. Nils got to Kalmar