Hjalmar Løken (31 October 1852 – 1932) was a Norwegian jurist and newspaper editor.

Personal life

Hjalmar Løken was born in

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as the son of

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Edvard Martin Løchen and his wife Anne Elisabeth Grøtting. He was a brother of painter and actor

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, County Governor of Hedmark Thorvald Løchen, politician and Minister of Justice and the Police

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, and philosopher

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. He married his cousine, writer and feminist

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in 1881.

Professional career

Løken graduated as

in 1876. He was a

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in Christiania from 1879, and a lawyer of the

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from 1883. He was editor-in-chief for the Trondheim newspaper ''

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'' from 1885 to 1890, and of ''

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'' from 1890 to 1918.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loken, Hjalmar 1852 births 1932 deaths People from Hamar Norwegian jurists Norwegian newspaper editors