Lars Chr. Hægg was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 barrister.

He was born in Drammen

Drammen

Drammen is a city in Buskerud County, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the eastern and most populated part of Norway.-Location:...

, and took the cand.jur. degree in 1940. During World War II he participated in Norwegian resistance work, getting the Defence Medal 1940 – 1945

Defence Medal 1940 – 1945

The Defence Medal 1940 – 1945 is the award rewarded to those military and civilian personnel who participated in the fight against the German invasion and occupation of Norway between 1940 and 1945....

. He got his lawyer's licence in 1945, and worked as a partner in a law firm to 1949. In 1949 he opened his own office, and from 1950 he had access to Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Norway

The Supreme Court of Norway was established in 1815 on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary. It is located in Oslo and is Norway's highest court...

 cases. He reverted to being a law firm partner in 1979.

Hægg was a member of the municipal councils of Oddernes

Oddernes

Oddernes is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Kristiansand. The former municipality of Oddernes encircled the city of Kristiansand, and it encompassed villages such as Flekkerøy, Vågsbygd, Slettheia, Lund, Strai, Mosby, Justvik,...

 and Kristiansand

Kristiansand

-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...

, where he lived. He chaired the regional branch of the Norwegian Bar Association

Norwegian Bar Association

The Norwegian Bar Association is an association of Norwegian lawyers. It was established in 1908 as , and assumed its current name from 1965. As of 2008 the association had about 7,000 members. Among its publications are the journals Norsk Retstidende and Rettens Gang....

 from 1956 to 1958, and was the national president of Norges Huseierforbund from 1974 to 1976. In 1962 he became a board member of Landsforbundet for folkeavstemning

Landsforbundet for folkeavstemning

Landsforbundet for folkeavstemning was a Norwegian lobby organization.-Inception:It was founded in April 1961 with the goal of including the institution of referenda in the Norwegian Constitution...

, a lobby organization which worked to include the institution of referenda

Referendum

A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...

 in the Norwegian Constitution. He has also been the chairman of Det Dramatiske Selskab i Christianssand and deputy chairman of Kristiansand Teater.