Michael Hansson (19 November 1875 – 5 December 1944) was a Norwegian judge.

Biography

Hansson was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was a son of jurist and insurance manager Michael Skjelderup Hansson (1839-1922) and Julie Caroline Cathrine Lasson (1842-1922). He was father of the actor,

Knut Mørch Hansson Knut Mørch Hansson (16 April 1920 – 3 December 1994) was a Norwegian actor. Biography Hansson was born in Alexandria on 16 April 1920, a son of judge Michael Hansson and Emilie Christensen. He was a brother of diplomat Arthur Mørch Hansson ...

(1920–1994). He attended Christiania Cathedral School and took his law degree from the Royal Fredrik's University (now University of Oslo) in 1899. Hansson was also the father of Arthur Mørch Hansson. Dating from 1906, he spent 25 years as a judge in Egypt, first in Al-Mansurah and later in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

. He was a member of the

Permanent Court of Arbitration The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is a non-UN intergovernmental organization located in The Hague, Netherlands. Unlike a judicial court in the traditional sense, the PCA provides services of arbitral tribunal to resolve disputes that arise ...

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

from 1929. From 1936 to 1938 he served as president of the

Nansen International Office for Refugees The Nansen International Office for Refugees (''french: Office International Nansen pour les Réfugiés'') was an organization established in 1930 by the League of Nations and named after Fridtjof Nansen, soon after his death, which was internati ...

. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1915, and Commander, Second Class in 1926. He was Commander of the

Order of the Polar Star The Royal Order of the Polar Star (Swedish: ''Kungliga Nordstjärneorden'') is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim. The Order of the ...

, and received the grand cross of the Egyptian

Order of the Nile The Order of the Nile (''Kiladat El Nil'') was established in 1915 and was one of the Kingdom of Egypt's principal orders until the monarchy was abolished in 1953. It was then reconstituted as the Republic of Egypt's highest state honor. Sultana ...

and of the

Order of Ismail __NOTOC__ The Royal Order of Ismail (''Nishan al-Ismail'') was an order of chivalry and state honour in the Kingdom of Egypt. History It was established on 14 April 1915 by Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt to reward eminent services to the state. Th ...

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1875 births 1944 deaths Judges from Oslo People educated at Oslo Cathedral School University of Oslo alumni Norwegian expatriates in Egypt Norwegian expatriates in the Netherlands Norwegian expatriates in Switzerland Norwegian expatriates in France Commanders of the Order of the Polar Star Norwegian people of the Spanish Civil War Norwegian memoirists Commanders of the Legion of Honour {{norway-law-bio-stub