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]

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gollark: Deliver them unto me
gollark: I require the mods which have been added.
gollark: Too bad, bee them, they ARE to be subject to gender neutral pronouns in some cases.

References
  1. Bratberg, Terje (2007). "Løchen". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  2. Notaker, Henry. "Olaug Løken". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  3. Keilhau, Wollert Otto Hallvard Konow (1924). "Løken, Hjalmar". In Blangstrup, Chr. (ed.). Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). 16 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 265. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  4. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler". Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
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