Hjalmar Løken

Hjalmar Løken (31 October 1852 – 1932) was a Norwegian jurist and newspaper editor.

Personal life

Hjalmar Løken was born in Vang, Hedmark as the son of cand.jur. Edvard Martin Løchen and his wife Anne Elisabeth Grøtting. He was a brother of painter and actor Kalle Løchen, County Governor of Hedmark Thorvald Løchen, politician and Minister of Justice and the Police Einar Løchen, and philosopher Arne Løchen.[1] He married his cousine, writer and feminist Olaug Løken in 1881.[2]

Professional career

Løken graduated as cand.jur. in 1876. He was a lawyer in Christiania from 1879, and a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Norway from 1883.[3] He was editor-in-chief for the Trondheim newspaper Dagsposten from 1885 to 1890,[3] and of Norske Intelligenssedler from 1890 to 1918.[4]

References

  1. ^ Bratberg, Terje (2007). "Løchen". In Henriksen, Petter (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/L%C3%B8chen. Retrieved 24 June 2009. 
  2. ^ Notaker, Henry. "Olaug Løken". In Helle, Knut (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Olaug_L%C3%B8ken/utdypning. Retrieved 24 June 2009. 
  3. ^ a b Keilhau, Wollert Otto Hallvard Konow (1924). "Løken, Hjalmar". In Blangstrup, Chr. (in Danish). Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon. 16 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 265. http://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/16/0277.html. Retrieved 24 June 2009. 
  4. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler". Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Norske_Intelligenz-Seddeler. Retrieved 23 June 2009.