Iver Steen Thomle was Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 jurist.

He was the son of Erich Andreas Thomle and his wife Mette Maria, née Binneballe. His brother was politician and jurist August Thomle

August Thomle

August Thomle was a Norwegian jurist and politician.He was born in Arendal as the son of Erich Andreas Thomle and his wife Mette Maria, née Binneballe. His brother Iver Steen Thomle became a jurist and politician. August Thomle married twice; in 1845 and 1860.He graduated from the University of...

. In 1838 Iver Steen Thomle married Augusta Sophie Smith. She died shortly after, but Thomle married Juliane Marie Heyerdahl in 1845.

Thomle graduated from the University of Christiania

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

 in 1833. He held jobs in the lawyer's office of Frederik Stang

Frederik Stang

Frederik Stang was a Norwegian lawyer, public servant, and politician who served as Norway's first prime minister....

 and later the Ministry of Justice. In 1849 he became County Governor of Nedenes (today: Aust-Agder

Aust-Agder

is a county in Norway, bordering Telemark, Rogaland, and Vest-Agder. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which is 2.2% of the total population in Norway. Its area is . The administrative center of the county is in Arendal....

), a post he held until 1860. He was appointed acting Minister of Justice

Minister of Justice and the Police (Norway)

In Norway, the Minister of Justice and the Police is the head of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police and a member of Government of Norway. Current minister is Grete Faremo of the Norwegian Labour Party who is part of the second cabinet Stoltenberg...

 from September to October 1857.

In 1860 he became a Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Norway

The Supreme Court of Norway was established in 1815 on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary. It is located in Oslo and is Norway's highest court...

 judge. In 1879 he took the dr. juris degree at the University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

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, and the same year he advanced to the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway is the judicial leader of the Supreme Court of Norway.The following is a chronological list of chief justices since the court was established:...

. He held the position until 1886; as such he was a part of the impeachment trial against the cabinet Selmer in 1883-1884.