Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap
Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap (English: "Journal of Jurisprudence") is a Norwegian law journal. It was established in 1888 by Francis Hagerup to "form a link between legal research in the Nordic countries" and is currently published by Universitetsforlaget. The journal is one of Scandinavia's preeminent academic journals in the field of law.[1] It is ranked as a Level 2 journal, the highest level in the official Norwegian ranking (the Norwegian Scientific Index).[2] Articles are published in the three Scandinavian languages: Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
| Discipline | Law | 
|---|---|
| Language | Scandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) | 
| Edited by | Viggo Hagstrøm | 
| Publication details | |
Former name(s)  | Tidsskrift for Retsvidenskab (1888–1932), Tidsskrift for Rettsvidenskap (1932–1939)' | 
| History | 1888-present | 
| Publisher | Universitetsforlaget (Norway)  | 
| Frequency | 5/year | 
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Tidsskr. Rettsvitensk. | 
| NLM | Tidsskr Rettsvitenskap | 
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0040-7143 (print) 1504-3096 (web)  | 
| Links | |
The original spelling of the journal name was Tidsskrift for Retsvidenskab, which was changed to Tidsskrift for Rettsvidenskap in 1932 and to Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap in 1940, i.e. from a Danish spelling to a modern Norwegian spelling.
Editors-in-chief
    
The following persons have been editors-in-chief of the journal, most of them worked at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo:
- Francis Hagerup 1888–1921[3]
 - Fredrik Stang 1922–1936[4]
 - Erik Solem 1939–1949[5]
 - Carl Jacob Arnholm ?–1962[6]
 - Knut Selmer 1963–1964[6]
 - Carsten Smith 1963–1973[6]
 - Birger Stuevold Lassen 1974–1999[6]
 - Viggo Hagstrøm 1999–2013
 
References
    
- Internasjonal politikk, Volum 65, 2007
 - "Publiseringskanaler". Dbh.nsd.uib.no. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
 - Francis Hagerup, Store Norske Leksikon
 - Fredrik Stang, Store Norske Leksikon
 - Erik Solem, Store Norske Leksikon
 - (in Norwegian) http://www.jus.uio.no/ifp/om/historie/ifp50ar.pdf