Kristen Johanssen

Kristen Johanssen (19 July 1869 – May 19, 1949) was a Norwegian attorney and jurist.[1]

Kristen Johanssen

Biography

He took the cand.jur. degree in 1892. After traveling abroad to Germany, France and England under a study scholarship, he settled in Kristiania (now Oslo in 1896. After a period as assessor in Oslo City Court from 1897 to 1899 he took the lawyer's license. From 1924 to 1939 he served as the Attorney General of Norway. [2][3][4]

He was a board member of Norske Liv from 1908 until 1941. [5] [6] He served on the board of Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri from 1908, Det Norske Nitridaktieselskap from 1916, Andresens Bank and Foreningsbanken from 1928.[4][7]

He was decorated as a Commander of the Order of St. Olav and the Order of the White Rose of Finland, and an Officier of the Legion of Honour. He died in 1949.[2][8]

He was married Martha Goldschmidt (1878-1939). They were the parents of theatre director Erik Kristen-Johanssen (1901-1976). Their daughter Elisabeth Johanssen (1909–2002) was married to Dr. Ragnar Nicolaysen (1902-1986). [9] [10]

References
  1. "Ragnar Nicolaysen". Illustreret norsk konversationsleksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  2. "Regjeringsadvokat Kristen Johanssen død". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 20 May 1949. p. 2.
  3. "Historikk" (in Norwegian). Office of the Attorney General of Norway. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  4. Hoffstad, Einar, ed. (1935). "Johanssen, Kristen". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Yrkesforlaget. pp. 396–397. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  5. Espen Ekberg. "Norske Liv". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  6. "Skibsreder Schøning ny ordfører i Norske Livs representantskap". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 5 May 1941. p. 8.
  7. Espen Ekberg. "Andresens Bank A/S". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  8. Anderssen, Odd-Stein (4 February 1976). "Erik Kristen-Johanssen (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 15.
  9. Lillian Bikset. "Erik Kristen-Johanssen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  10. Kaare R. Norum. "Ragnar Nicolaysen". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Annæus J. Schjødt		 Attorney General of Norway
1924–1939		 Succeeded by
Valentin Voss



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