Georg Lous Jr.
Georg Lous (19 May 1916 – 23 July 1996) was a Norwegian barrister.
He was a son of barrister Georg Fredrik Hallager Lous, nephew of astronomer Kristian Lous and grandson of Attorney General Karl Lous.[1]
He graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1940, and was a deputy judge before becoming a junior solicitor in his grandfather's law firm Lous og Bergh. He became a partner in 1949, and from 1953 he was a barrister with access to Supreme Court cases. The company changed its name to Høyesterettsadvokatene Georg Lous og Chr.B. Platou and later Lous, Hagemann, Arff-Pettersen & Løken. In 1992 the structure and name was changed again, to Dalan, Sigmond, Hagemann & Lous. Georg Lous retired in the mid-1990s.[2]
He was a board member from 1966 and chaired the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History from 1975 to 1989.[3] He also chaired industrial companies such as Falconbridge Nikkelverk,[4] and was a supervisory council member of Forsikringsselskapet Norden.[5] In 1986 he released the novel 'Korsika! Korsika! Korsika! under the pseudonym Agro Detaccio.[4] He died in July 1996 and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.[6]
References
- Bratberg, Terje. "Lous". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- Hagemann, Otto Chr.; Dalan, Bjørn (1 August 1996). "Georg Lous". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 11.
- Bjørkvik, Halvard (6 August 1996). "Georg Lous". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 11.
- Brøymer, Bjørn (29 July 1996). "Georg Lous". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 13.
- "Forsikrings-Aktieselskabet Norden". Aftenposten. 27 May 1957. p. 8.
- "Cemeteries in Norway". DIS-Norge. Retrieved 19 February 2012.