Thorvald Løchen

Thorvald Løchen
Thorvald Løchen
9th Governor of Nordre Trondhjem
	In office; 1902–1916
Preceded by	Halvor Bachke Guldahl
Succeeded by	Halvor Bachke Guldahl
11th Governor of Hedmark
	In office; 1916–1926
Preceded by	Johannes Irgens
Succeeded by	Knud Iversen Øyen
Personal details
Born	29 January 1861; Vang, Norway
Died	23 December 1943 (aged 82); Oslo, Norway
Citizenship	Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Profession	Politician

Thorvald Løchen (1861–1943) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. He served as the County Governor of Nordre Trondhjems county from 1902 until 1916 and also as the County Governor of Hedmark county from 1916 until 1926.[1][2]

He received a cand.jur. degree in 1883, and then began to work in the Ministry of the Interior from 1891 to 1900. He was the chief executive of the Ministry of Agriculture from 1900 to 1902. After that he became the County Governor in Nordre Trondhjem county from 1902 to 1916; and then immediately after that, he was appointed as the County Governor of Hedmark county, a position he held from 1916 to 1926.[2]

During his time in Nordre Trondhjem county, the first part of the Nordlandsbanen railway line, then called the Hell-Sunnan line, was completed. Løchen also participated in the investigation and planning of the next section of the line heading northwards, a question which was decided at an extraordinary county council meeting in 1915, although that portion of the track was not completed until 1926–1929.

Thorvald Løchen was the son of the lawyer Edvard Martin Løchen, and he was the brother of Justice Minister Einar Løchen. In 1909, he married Ingeborg Mathia Motzfeldt, the daughter of government minister Ernst Motzfeldt.

References

Berg, Ole T., ed. (13 June 2016). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
"Løchen, Thorvald" (in Norwegian). SteinkjerLeksikonet. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

Government offices
Preceded by Halvor Bachke Guldahl	County Governor of Nordre Trondhjems amt 1902–1916	Succeeded by Halvor Bachke Guldahl
Preceded by Johannes Irgens (acting)	County Governor of Hedmark 1916–1926	Succeeded by Knud Iversen Øyen

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[snl4-1] Berg, Ole T., ed. (13 June 2016). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 December 2018.

[SL-2] "Løchen, Thorvald" (in Norwegian). SteinkjerLeksikonet. Retrieved 2 March 2019.