Christian Otto Carl Lasson (3 July 1830 – 7 July 1893) was a Norwegian barrister.

Personal life

Lasson was born in Christiania to jurist and politician Peder Carl Lasson (1798-1873) and Ottilia Pauline Christine von Munthe af Morgenstierne (1804-1886). In 1857 he married his cousin Alexandra Cathrine Henriette von Munthe af Morgenstierne (1838-1881). They had eleven children; among them were composer Per Lasson, painter

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and singer Bokken Lasson.

Career

Lasson was barrister with access to work with the

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from 1861. He served as Attorney General of Norway from 1873 to 1893. He was decorated Knight of the

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in 1885.

References

1830 births 1893 deaths Lawyers from Oslo {{norway-law-bio-stub