Edvin Alten (1876 – 1967) was a Norwegian judge. He was born in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative ce ...

. He worked as deputy under-secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1918, and as a

Supreme Court A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

Justice from 1925 to 1948. He was married to Ragna Aass (1880–1975). His daughter Berit married writer

Asbjørn Aarnes Asbjørn Aarnes (20 December 1923 – 8 January 2013) was a Norwegian professor and literary historian. Biography He was born at Vågbø in Tingvoll, Norway. He studied from 1951-52 at École Normale Supérieure in Paris. In 1957, Aarnes beca ...

, and his daughter Rønnaug became a notable actor, and was married to

Georg Løkkeberg Georg Løkkeberg (20 November 1909 – 19 August 1986) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He appeared in 29 films between 1934 and 1978. He starred in the film ''The Master and His Servants'', which was entered into the 9th Berlin In ...

for some years.

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1876 births 1967 deaths Supreme Court of Norway justices Norwegian civil servants People from Tønsberg {{norway-law-bio-stub