{{Short description|Norwegian barrister and businessperson}} '''Georg Fredrik Hallager Lous''' (13 March 1878 – 17 February 1949) was a Norwegian barrister and businessperson.
==Personal life== He was born in Kristiania as the son of Attorney General Karl Lous (1847–1928) and Karoline Mathilde Zetlitz (1844–1926).<ref name=hvem48>{{cite encyclopedia|year=1948|title=Lous, Georg|encyclopedia=Hvem er hvem?|editor=Steenstrup, Bjørn|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1948/0329.html|page=329|language=Norwegian|access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> He was the brother of astronomer Kristian Lous, grandson of barrister Johan Christian Vogelsang Lous and great-grandson of commodore Carl Christian Lous.<ref name=snl2>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Lous|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|author=Bratberg, Terje|authorlink=Terje Bratberg|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://snl.no/Lous|language=Norwegian|accessdate=17 February 2012}}</ref> His grandfather was the brother of Thora Marie Lous,<ref>[http://slektenkaas.com/getperson.php?personID=I4350&tree=1 Genealogical entry] for Thora Marie Lous</ref> who in turn was the mother of Christian Lous Lange. Georg Lous was thus a second cousin of Halvard, Carl Viggo and August Lange.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Christian L Lange|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Asle|last=Sveen|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Christian_L_Lange/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=19 February 2012}}</ref> Georg Lous was also a first cousin of judge Karl Lous, and second cousin of the famous Thijs Lous.
In 1913 he married Marie Christine Lund, daughter of Kristiania city physician Axel Lund.<ref name=hvem48/> They had a son, Georg Lous, Jr., a barrister.
==Career== He finished his secondary education in 1896, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree in 1902. He was a deputy judge from 1903 to 1905, junior solicitor in the law firm ''Lous og Bergh'' from 1906, then a barrister with access to Supreme Court cases from 1911. From 1917 to 1946 he was a partner in the law firm.<ref name=hvem48/><ref name=merkbio>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Lous, Georg|url=https://runeberg.org/merkbio/0567.html|encyclopedia=Merkantilt biografisk leksikon|publisher=Yrkesforlaget|location=Oslo|edition=1st|editor-last=Hoffstad|editor-first=Einar|editor-link=Einar Hoffstad|year=1935|page=483|access-date=19 February 2012|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
He chaired Falconbridge Nikkelverk, was a board member of Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, Haugvik Smelteverk, Oslo Staniol- og Metalkapselfabrik<ref name=hvem48/><ref name=merkbio/> and Forsikringsselskapet Norden.<ref>{{cite news|title=Forsikringsaktieselskapet Nordens overskudd 377,000 kroner|date=2 May 1941|work=Aftenposten Aften|page=5}}</ref> He was a supervisory council member of Elektrokemisk, Arendals Fossekompani, Norske Nitrid and Tyssefaldene.<ref name=hvem48/>
He chaired the rowing club Norske Studenters RK in 1908, and was a board member of the Association for the Promotion of Skiing from 1911 to 1914 and the Norwegian Trekking Association from 1912 to 1913.<ref name=hvem48/> He died in February 1949 and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disnorge.no/gravminner/index.php?language=engelsk|title=Cemeteries in Norway|publisher=DIS-Norge|accessdate=19 February 2012}}</ref>
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