Office: | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
Term Start: | 7 November 1900 |
Term End: | 27 November 1908 |
Predecessor: | Morten Lambrechts |
Office2: | Minister of Justice |
Term Start2: | 29 April 1899 |
Term End2: | 6 November 1900 |
Primeminister2: | Johannes Steen |
Predecessor2: | Ole Anton Qvam |
Successor2: | Ole Anton Qvam |
Office3: | Member of the Council of State Division |
Term Start3: | 17 February 1898 |
Term End3: | 29 April 1899 |
Primeminister3: | Johannes Steen |
Alongside3: | Hans Nysom |
Predecessor3: | Thomas von Westen Engelhart |
Successor3: | Jørgen Løvland Georg A. Thilesen |
Birth Date: | 2 November 1850 |
Birth Place: | Vang, Oppland, Sweden-Norway |
Death Place: | Kristiania, Norway |
Spouse: | Ragnfrid Berg |
Party: | Liberal |
Einar Løchen (2 November 1850 – 27 November 1908) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party.
He was a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm from February 1898 to April 1899. Then, he was appointed Minister of Justice and the Police in the second cabinet Steen.[1] Løchen left this post in 1900, to become the ninth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway, a post he held until his death.