Edvin Alten

{{Short description|Norwegian judge}} '''Edvin Alten''' (10 January 1876 – 13 February 1967) was a Norwegian judge.

He was born in Tønsberg. He worked as deputy under-secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1918, and as a Supreme Court Justice from 1925 to 1948.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Edvin Alten|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Edvin_Alten|editor=Henriksen, Petter|language=Norwegian|accessdate=4 April 2009}}</ref>

He was married to Ragna Aass (1880–1975). His daughter Berit was an actress and married the literary historian Asbjørn Aarnes,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2005|title=Asbjørn Aarnes|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=John Ole|last=Askedal|volume=10|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Asbj%C3%B8rn_Aarnes/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=4 April 2009}}</ref> and his daughter Rønnaug was also an actress, and was married to Georg Løkkeberg for some years.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=1999|title=Rønnaug Alten|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Lise|last=Lyche|volume=1|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/R%C3%B8nnaug_Alten/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=4 April 2009}}</ref>

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