Name Kristen Johanssen | Died 1949 | |
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Kristen Johanssen (19 July 1869 – 1949) was a Norwegian jurist.
He took the cand.jur. degree in 1892 and after studying abroad he settled in Kristiania in 1896. After a period as assessor in Oslo City Court from 1897 to 1899 he took the lawyer's licence. From 1924 to 1939 he served as the Attorney General of Norway.
He was a board member of Norske Liv from 1908 to 1941, Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri from 1908, Det Norske Nitrid from 1916, Andresens Bank from 1928 and Foreningsbanken.
He was the father of jurist and theatre director Erik Kristen-Johanssen. 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.
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