Håkon Løken

Håkon Løken, actually Haakon Løken, Løchen, ( born November 9, 1859 in Sundnes in Inderoy; † September 10, 1923 in Kristiania ) was a Norwegian lawyer, journalist and politician.

His parents were the landlords Løchen Herman (1822-1876) and his wife Anna Margrethe Jenssen ( 1826-1911 ). In his first marriage he married on January 22, 1887 in Trondheim, his second cousin Bernhardine ( " Benna " ) Catharina Jenssen (3 September 1861-4. May 1907 ), daughter of Mathias wholesalers Christian Jenssen ( 1823-1899 ) and his wife Cathrine Henriette Kaasbøll (1829-1876); his second wife he married on January 14, 1909 in Trondheim Ida Jacobsson ( 27 December 1867-21. October 1929 ), daughter of the pianist Josef Philip Jacobsson (* 1830) and his wife Hanne Fredrikke Iversen ( * 1841).

Løken attended the Cathedral School in Trondheim in 1877 and began his law studies in Christiania, where he graduated in 1884. During his studies he was for a time while the editorial board in Nyt Tidskrift ( New Journal ). He stayed in the circles of young graduates, which were marked by a European cultural radicalism, but at the same time advocated a democratic and national politics. For his more aristocratic family, he coined became the " black sheep " as known self.

After graduation, he turned back to Trøndelag and worked for a while in a law firm and practiced law before the Supreme Court in Trondheim. In 1889 he was on the editorial board in Dagsposten. A year later he was editor of the newspaper. After a few years he had made this newspaper to set the tone organ of the Venstre Party. After their split in 1891 he reorganized the party in Trondheim under the name " Trondhjems Liberal Forening " and created a powerful local party apparatus. With the progress of the program known as the Venstre sat for universal suffrage a. Locally called the party an active community with a social welfare program, including the construction of workers' housing, a poor relief after the Elberfeld system, a local middle school, which should be based on the elementary school, eight-hour day and so on. Løken developed into the most consistent champion of a socialist-liberal policies. His goal was to find a middle ground between the concept of freedom of classical liberalism and the British -based models socialism. Ideologically, Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse he stood and Thomas Hill Green, in practical politics socialism Joseph Chamberlain close as he had practiced it in Birmingham. With this program appealed Løken to the urban working voters. A number of workers' associations joined in a closed Venstre. The party won in Trondheim and Levanger circle the three Stortingswahlen 1894, 1897 and 1900 and also received a large faction in the city council under the leadership of Løken. But he never reached the majority. Gradually, tensions arose between the traditional voters of Venstre and the staff friendly radical wing. The political division and resistors in the editorial prompted Løken to leave the editor and to start their own newspaper Nidaros. There he took, among other Party for the pure Norwegian flag without the Union brand.

When Stortingswahl 1903 it was the separation of Venstre and the election defeat in Trondheim. The right wing organized itself in the " Liberal constituency association " that opposed the socialist collection and approached the Høyre. Venstre became a small center party with later two to three deputies in the city council. In the longer term, the Workers' Party was the heiress of Loken's Venstre and implemented large parts of its program in Trondheim. The right wing, the " Liberal constituency association ", formed the basis for the later " Frisinnede Venstre ", which was able to maintain a strong position in Trondheim until the Second World War.

Håkon Løken had many friends, many foes. After the election defeat in Trondheim he left the city. He supported himself for a few years as a writer and lectures in Lillehammer. He was a prosecutor in 1912 Nedenes (now part of Arendal ) and Bratsberg (now Lunde ) and 1913-1918 on the lower court in Christiania. During this time he took the eugenic thoughts that Jon Alfred Mjøen had expressed Race hygiene in his book, before its critics in protection and was a member of " The consultative norske Komite for rasehygiene ". From 1918 to 1923 he was deputy municipal supervisory official ( fylkesmann ) in Christiania. He also wrote several books, mostly with autobiographical content.

During World War II he was involved in the international arbitration and peace work. He was chairman from 1917 to 1919 in " Norges Fredsforening " (Norwegian Peace Association ) and President of " Nordisk Fredsforbund " (Nordic Peace Association ). He has also given Trollheimen his name.

Works (selection)

• Fred og forlik maalstriden i. Bedre riksmaal eller landsmaal Trondheim 1908
• Anne Kathrine ungdom. Hverdagsbilde fra 1830-40 - aarene. 1910
• Landsens live. Billed fra 1850-1860 - aarene. 1911
• Fra Fjordnes til Sjøvinn. Billed og less fra 1870 -arenes. 1912
• Verdens Forenede stater. En verdensdomstol med makt bak save ingen utopian, men s logisk konsekvens av retshistorien. 1916
• " Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson " in E. Skovrup ( Ed. ): Hovedtræk af nordisk digtning i nutiden. Copenhagen 1920, pp. 419-455
• Urolige tider. Billed og fra minner Ungdoms -og studentertiden 1875-1881. 1923
• Ibsen og kjærligheten. En grunntanke gjennem Ibsen verker. 1923