Axel Thallaug

Axel Thallaug.

Axel Andreas Thallaug (15 April 1866 – 17 March 1938) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party from Lillehammer.

He received his law degree in 1889. He was a local politician from 1894 to 1938, and a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1903 to 1918. He was a deputy member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1925 to 1936, and a regular member from 1931 to 1933.^[1]

He was the father of Haakon Thallaug.^[2]

References

1. Norwegian Nobel Institute. "Thallaug, Axel Andreas". Retrieved 16 October 2009.
2. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Thallaug, Haakon". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 556. Retrieved 2 May 2012.