Morten Lyng Lossius (1819–1892) was a Norwegian military officer, engineer and politician. He hailed from

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, and was the son of Captain Johan S. Lossius. He was a descendant of Lorentz Lossius, who migrated to Norway from Göttingen in the 17th century and became the first director of

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. He married Inger Marie Holtermann in 1845. He was the father of

Knud H. Lossius Knut Henrik Holtermann Lossius (23 September 1847 – 9 March 1915) was a Norwegian educator and archaeologist. He was born in 1847 as the son of Morten Lyng Lossius from Lade, Trondheim, Lade in Trondheim, Trondhjem, and was named after his mate ...

, praeses of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. Morten Lyng Lossius took military education, reached the rank of lieutenant in 1840, and then had parallel careers in the military and engineering. He studied the latter field at the Polytechnical Institute in Copenhagen. He was the director of public road works north of Dovrefjell, and headed the construction of the

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, which opened in 1864. He retired from engineering in 1874, and served as mayor of

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municipality from 1878 to 1881. He lived at

Lade Mansion Lade Manor (Norwegian: ''Lade gård'' or ''Lade Gaard'') is the manor house of one of the historic farms of Norway. It is located in the community of Lade outside the city of Trondheim. History Lade was traditionally the seat of the Earls of La ...

, which he inherited from his father-in-law in 1858. In his military career, he reached the rank of captain in 1857, major in 1874 and colonel in 1880. He held the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and the Knight Cross of the Order of Vasa and Order of the Sword. A road in Trondheim has been named after him.

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