Håkon Løken

{{Short description|Norwegian jurist, journalist, newspaper editor and non-fiction writer}}

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| image = Befaring ved Øvre Leirfoss Kraftverk (1901) (8056686255) (Håkon Løken).jpg

| caption = Løken in 1901

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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1859|11|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Inderøy Municipality, Norway

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| nationality = Norwegian

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Håkon Løken (9 November 1859 – 10 September 1923) was a Norwegian jurist, journalist, newspaper editor and non-fiction writer. He was a journalist for the newspaper Dagsposten from 1890 to 1902. He founded the newspaper Nidaros in 1902, and was its chief editor from 1902 to 1910. From 1910 to 1918 he served as a public prosecutor.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Håkon Løken |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Håkon_Løken |language=Norwegian | accessdate=16 October 2010 }}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Håkon Løken |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Anders |last=Kirkhusmo |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Håkon_Løken/utdypning |language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 October 2010}}