Georg Fredrik Hallager Lous (13 March 1878 – 17 February 1949) was a Norwegian barrister and businessperson.
He was born in Kristiania as the son of Attorney General Karl Lous (1847–1928) and Karoline Mathilde Zetlitz (1844–1926).[1] He was the brother of astronomer Kristian Lous, grandson of barrister Johan Christian Vogelsang Lous and great-grandson of commodore Carl Christian Lous.[2] His grandfather was the brother of Thora Marie Lous,[3] who in turn was the mother of Christian Lous Lange. Georg Lous was thus a second cousin of Halvard, Carl Viggo and August Lange.[4] Georg Lous was also a first cousin of judge Karl Lous, and second cousin of the famous Thijs Lous.
In 1913 he married Marie Christine Lund, daughter of Kristiania city physician Axel Lund.[1] They had a son, Georg Lous, Jr., a barrister.
He finished his secondary education in 1896, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree in 1902. He was a deputy judge from 1903 to 1905, junior solicitor in the law firm Lous og Bergh from 1906, then a barrister with access to Supreme Court cases from 1911. From 1917 to 1946 he was a partner in the law firm.[1] [5]
He chaired Falconbridge Nikkelverk, was a board member of Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, Haugvik Smelteverk, Oslo Staniol- og Metalkapselfabrik[1] [5] and Forsikringsselskapet Norden.[6] He was a supervisory council member of Elektrokemisk, Arendals Fossekompani, Norske Nitrid and Tyssefaldene.[1]
He chaired the rowing club Norske Studenters RK in 1908, and was a board member of the Association for the Promotion of Skiing from 1911 to 1914 and the Norwegian Trekking Association from 1912 to 1913.[1] He died in February 1949 and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.[7]