Jørn Sigurd Maurud


Jørn Sigurd Maurud is a Norwegian jurist. He is Director of Public Prosecutions from 1 November 2019.

Career

Maurud graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo in 1987. He has been assigned with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nord-Hedmark District Court, the law company Wikborg, Rein & Co., and the Supreme Court. From 1995 to 2010 he was a public prosecutor in Eidsivating. He was prosecutor in the widely media-covered Orderud case. From 2010 he was State's attorney in Oslo. In 2019 he was appointed as Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions, effective from 1 November, succeeding Tor-Aksel Busch.

Personal life

Maurud is living together with lawyer and politician Hanne Bjurstrøm.