# Edvin Alten

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'''Edvin Alten''' (10 January 1876 – 13 February 1967) was a Norwegian judge.

He was born in [Tønsberg](/source/T%C3%B8nsberg). He worked as deputy under-secretary of State in the [Ministry of Justice and the Police](/source/Norwegian_Ministry_of_Justice_and_the_Police) from 1918, and as a [Supreme Court](/source/Supreme_Court_of_Norway) Justice from 1925 to 1948.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Edvin Alten|encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/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](/source/Berit_Alten) was an actress and married the literary historian [Asbjørn Aarnes](/source/Asbj%C3%B8rn_Aarnes),<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2005|title=Asbjørn Aarnes|encyclopedia=[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)|first=John Ole|last=Askedal|volume=10|editor=[Helle, Knut](/source/Knut_Helle)|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](/source/R%C3%B8nnaug_Alten) was also an actress, and was married to [Georg Løkkeberg](/source/Georg_L%C3%B8kkeberg) for some years.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=1999|title=Rønnaug Alten|encyclopedia=[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)|first=Lise|last=Lyche|volume=1|editor=[Helle, Knut](/source/Knut_Helle)|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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