Vilhelm Gabriel Heiberg Lie (1877 – 1935) 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...

 civil servant.

He was a son of Emil Bernhard Lie (1836–1891), a brother of Bernt Lie

Bernt Lie

Bernt Bessesen Lie was a Norwegian novelist.He was born in Mandal as a son of stipendiary magistrate Emil Bernhard Lie and Nicoline Bessesen. Through his sister Ida, he was the brother-in-law of Gjert Lindebrække and an uncle of Sjur Lindebrække and Tikken Manus. Through his brother Vilhelm Lie...

 and a nephew of writer Jonas Lie

Jonas Lie

Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie was a Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright who is considered to have been one of the Four Greats of 19th century Norwegian literature, together with Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Alexander Kielland.-Background:Jonas Lie was born at Hokksund in Øvre Eiker, in...

. His father was a first cousin of Erika

Erika Nissen

Erika Nissen, née Lie was a Norwegian pianist.She was born in Kongsvinger as the daughter of jurist Michael Strøm Lie and his wife Ingeborg Birgitte Røring Møinichen. She was the sister of Thomasine Lie, who married Jonas Lie...

 (Nissen) and Ida Lie, and so Vilhelm was a second cousin of the children in the next generation; Erika Lie, Karl Nissen, Michael Strøm Lie

Michael Strøm Lie

Michael Strøm Lie was a Norwegian diplomat.He was born in Kongsvinger as a son of the cousins, writer Jonas Lie and Thomasine Henriette Lie . He was a brother of Erik Lie and writer Mons Lie, and through the former an uncle of Nazi Jonas Lie...

, Mons Lie

Mons Lie (writer)

Mons Lie was a Norwegian writer.He was born in Kongsvinger as a son of the cousins, writer Jonas Lie and Thomasine Henriette Lie . He was a brother of Michael Strøm Lie and writer Erik Lie, and through the latter an uncle of Nazi Jonas Lie...

, Erik Lie

Erik Lie (writer)

Erik Røring Møinichen Lie was a Norwegian writer.He was born in Kristiania as the youngest son of the cousins, writer Jonas Lie and Thomasine Henriette Lie . He was a brother of Michael Strøm Lie and writer Mons Lie...

, painter Jonas Lie

Jonas Lie (painter)

Jonas Lie was a Norwegian-born American painter. He is best known for colorful paintings of coastlines of New England and city scenes New York City. -Background:...

, and Eyolf Soot

Eyolf Soot

Eyolf Soot was a Norwegian painter. He was born in Aremark, and was married to actress Inga Bjørnson from 1892 to 1900. Among his teachers were Knud Bergslien, Karl Gussow and Léon Bonnat...

.

Together with Anna Benedicte Aars Nicolaysen (1880–1965) he had the son Nils Aars Nicolaysen Lie, a notable writer. His son was a first cousin of Emil Lie, a second cousin of the Nazi Jonas Lie

Jonas Lie (government minister)

Jonas Lie was a Norwegian councillor of state in the Nasjonal Samling government of Vidkun Quisling in 1940, then acting councillor of state 1940–1941, and Minister of Police between 1941 and 1945 in the new Quisling government...

, and father of professor of medicine Mons Lie.

Vilhelm Lie took the cand.jur. degree in 1899. He was a tax collector in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

 from 1914 to 1919, and from 1920 to 1921 he was the State Conciliator of Norway

State Conciliator of Norway

The State Conciliator of Norway is an arbitrator's office of Norway. It is invoked in labour disputes, in other words when tariff agreements are disagreed upon.It was established in 1915, and the first State Conciliator took office in 1916...

. In 1921 he was hired as chief financial officer in Bergen city.