Background
Hjalmar Løken was born in Vang, Hedmark as the son of candidate.jur.
Hjalmar Løken was born in Vang, Hedmark as the son of candidate.jur.
Løken graduated as candidate.jur. in 1876. He was a lawyer in Christiania from 1879, and a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Norway from 1883. He was editor-in-chief for the Trondheim newspaper Dagsposten from 1885 to 1890, and of Norske Intelligenssedler from 1890 to 1918.