{{Short description|Norwegian barrister}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Karl Henrik Lous | image = Karl Lous ca. 1918.png | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1847|4|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Christiania | death_date = {{Death date and age|1928|10|10|1847|4|14|df=y}} | death_place = | other_names = | children = {{plainlist | *Kristian Lous *Georg Lous }} | parents = | spouse = | relatives = Georg Lous Jr. (grandson) | occupation = Barrister | years_active = | known_for = Attorney General of Norway | notable_works = | awards = Order of St. Olav (1890) }} '''Karl Henrik Lous''' (14 April 1847 – 10 October 1928) was a Norwegian barrister.
== Personal life == Lous was born in Christiania to Johan Christian Vogelsang Lous and Charlotte Sofie née Maschmann. He was married to Karoline Mathilde Zetlitz from 1874.<ref name=stolav/> He was the father of astronomer Kristian Lous,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Lous |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|first=Terje |last=Bratberg |editor-first=Erik |editor-last=Bolstad |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Lous |language=Norwegian |access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref> and of barrister and businessperson Georg Lous.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=1948|title=Lous, Georg |encyclopedia=Hvem er hvem?|editor1-last=Gram |editor1-first=Harald|editor1-link=Harald Gram|editor2-last=Steenstrup |editor2-first=Bjørn |editor2-link= |publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1948/0329.html |page=329 |language=Norwegian|access-date=5 November 2019 }}</ref>
== Career == Lous graduated as cand.jur. in 1870, and was barrister with access to work with the Supreme Court from 1874. He served as Attorney General of Norway from 1904 to 1916. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1890.<ref name=stolav>{{cite book |title=Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden |first=O. Delphin |last=Amundsen |author-link=Otto Delphin Amundsen|page=246 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Grøndahl |location=Oslo |year=1947}}</ref>
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