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Georg Lous Jr.

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Georg Lous (19 May 1916 – 23 July 1996) was a Norwegian barrister.

He was a son of barrister Georg Fredrik Hallager Lous, nephew of astronomer Kristian Lous and grandson of Attorney General Karl Lous.[1]

He graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1940, and was a deputy judge before becoming a junior solicitor in his grandfather's law firm Lous og Bergh. He became a partner in 1949, and from 1953 he was a barrister with access to Supreme Court cases. The company changed its name to Høyesterettsadvokatene Georg Lous og Chr.B. Platou and later Lous, Hagemann, Arff-Pettersen & Løken. In 1992 the structure and name was changed again, to Dalan, Sigmond, Hagemann & Lous. Georg Lous retired in the mid-1990s.[2]

He was a board member from 1966 and chaired the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History from 1975 to 1989.[3] He also chaired industrial companies such as Falconbridge Nikkelverk,[4] and was a supervisory council member of Forsikringsselskapet Norden.[5] In 1986 he released the novel 'Korsika! Korsika! Korsika! under the pseudonym Agro Detaccio.[4] He died in July 1996 and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Bratberg, Terje. "Lous". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  2. ^ Hagemann, Otto Chr.; Dalan, Bjørn (1 August 1996). "Georg Lous". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 11.
  3. ^ Bjørkvik, Halvard (6 August 1996). "Georg Lous". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 11.
  4. ^ a b Brøymer, Bjørn (29 July 1996). "Georg Lous". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 13.
  5. ^ "Forsikrings-Aktieselskabet Norden". Aftenposten. 27 May 1957. p. 8.
  6. ^ "Cemeteries in Norway". DIS-Norge. Retrieved 19 February 2012.