Christian Otto Carl Lasson (3 July 1830 – 7 July 1893) was a Norwegian barrister.

Personal life

Lasson was born in Christiania to jurist and politician

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(1798-1873) and Ottilia Pauline Christine von Munthe af Morgenstierne (1804-1886). In 1857 he married his cousin Alexandra Cathrine Henriette von Munthe af Morgenstierne (1838-1881). They had eleven children; among them were composer

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, painter

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and singer

Bokken Lasson Caroline "Bokken" Lasson (7 January 1871 – 3 August 1970) was a Norwegian concert and cabaret singer. She is known for starting the Oslo cabaret Chat Noir in 1912, and also for introducing the children's song "Tuppen og Lillemor" to the Nor ...

Career

Lasson was barrister with access to work with the

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from 1861. He served as

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from 1873 to 1893. He was decorated Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1885.

References

1830 births 1893 deaths Lawyers from Oslo {{norway-law-bio-stub