Lorentz Lange

{{Short description|Norwegian politician (1783–1860)}}

{{Distinguish|text = Lorenz Lange, a Russian official in Siberia}}

Lorentz Lange (23 December 1783 – 8 March 1860) was a Norwegian judge and politician.

He was born in Vang, Hedmark.{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Lorentz Lange|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|editor=Henriksen, Petter|url=http://www.snl.no/Lorentz_Lange|language=Norwegian|accessdate=26 November 2010}}

He was appointed by the government as the first Professor of Law at the University of Oslo in 1816, where he served until 1825.[http://www.hf.uio.no/forskningsprosjekter/ffu/FaktaUiO/databaser/vafak.html#JUS University of Oslo faculty] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070808075057/http://www.hf.uio.no/forskningsprosjekter/ffu/FaktaUiO/databaser/vafak.html |date=2007-08-08 }} From 1825 to 1858 he served as Supreme Court Assessor.

He was elected to the first session of the Parliament of Norway in 1814, representing the constituency Christiansand. He was re-elected in 1815. In 1833 he was re-elected for a third term, representing the constituency of Akershus Amt.[http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11764 Lorentz Lange] – Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)