Lorentz Brinch

He was born in Kristiania as a son of barrister Christian Nicolay Brinch (1861–1946) and Anna Catharina Rolfsen (1870–1947). He was a brother of civil servant Christian Nicolay Keyser Brinch. In 1942 he married Anna Marta Ida Elisabeth Højer, daughter of the then-Swedish ambassador to Norway. He finished his secondary education in 1928, Next to his regular military service, Brinch joined the voluntary military training organization Leidangen, where he served as an instructor. == World War II ==

During the Norwegian Campaign he participated in battle at Ringerike. He was decorated with the Defence Medal 1940–1945. == Post-war career ==

After the war, in 1945, Brinch became war advocate for Eastern Norway during the legal purge in Norway after World War II. From 1946 to 1948 he served as the acting Judge Advocate General of the Norwegian Armed Forces. From 1948 he was a director in Den norske Creditbank. He chaired the supervisory council of Morgenbladet since 1945, was a board member of Den norske Creditbank and supervisory council member of Storebrand, Idun, Norske Kredit-Atlas, Norsk Sprængstofindustri and Oslo Sparebank. == References ==