Peder Carl Lasson

Peder Carl Lasson

Peder Carl Lasson (14 November 1798 – 5 June 1873) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway from 1855 to 1877.^[1]

He was born in rural Bærum in Akershus, Norway. He was the son of Niels Quist Lasson (1762-1853) and Barbara Christiane Bremer (1773-1833). He went on the Christiania Cathedral School (now Oslo Cathedral School). He studied at the newly founded University of Christiania (now University of Oslo). He graduated with a degree in law during 1822.

He received a license as a barrister and began a career in law, being appointed Supreme Court judge in 1828, Supreme Court assessor in 1837 and district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) of Aker in 1848.He had many law-related publications to his name.^[2] He was acting Minister of Justice and the Police from July to September 1852 and October 1852 to April 1853,^[3] as a member of the interim governments. Such interim governments were established when King Oscar I of Sweden travelled abroad or was ill.^[4][5]

Lasson appointed successor to Chief Justice Georg Jacob Bull who died in 1854. Lasson served as the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway from 1855 to 1877.^[6]

References

1. Jon Gisle. "Peder Carl Lasson". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
2. List of publications in BIBSYS
3. Peder Carl Lasson born 1798 - Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) Archived October 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
4. Norwegian members of the Interim Government. 15 - 18 July 1852. During King Oscar I’s travel to Germany - Regjeringen.no
5. Norwegian Members of the Interim Government. 11 October 1852 - 12 April 1853. During King Oscar I’s illness - Regjeringen.no
6. Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "P C Lasson, Jurist". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 15, 2016.