Background
Lowzow was born in Kristiania, and came from a military background.
Lowzow was born in Kristiania, and came from a military background.
He is best known as the Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1908 to 1909. He became a military officer in 1872, and was promoted to premier lieutenant in 1887 and lieutenant colonel in 1904. On 11 April 1908, when the first cabinet Knudsen assumed office, he was appointed as the new Minister of Defence.
He held this position until 19 August 1909, when he resigned.
He later became major general of rank and Inspector-General of the Infantry. He died in August 1915.