Ludvig Aubert

Ludvig Aubert
Aubert in ca. 1860 or 1870.
Minister of Justice
In office 3 April 1884 – 26 June 1884
Prime Minister	Christian Schweigaard
Preceded by	Christian Schweigaard
Succeeded by	Aimar Sørenssen
Personal details
Born	Ludvig Mariboe Benjamin Aubert (1838-11-22)22 November 1838 Christiania, Sweden-Norway
Died	5 February 1896(1896-02-05) (aged 57) Christiania, Sweden-Norway
Spouse	Elise Aubert
Children	Vilhelm Mariboe Aubert Bille Aubert Sofie Aubert

Ludvig Mariboe Benjamin Aubert (22 November 1838 – 5 February 1896) was a Norwegian professor, jurist and government official. ^[1]

Aubert was born at Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of professor Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert (1807-1887) and his wife Ida Dorothea Mariboe (1811–1900). Aubert's brother was art educator and historian Fredrik Ludvig Andreas Vibe Aubert (1851–1913). ^[2][3]

From 1855, Aubert was a law student at the University of Christiania (now University of Oslo) graduating Cand.jur. in 1860. He started his career as a magistrate at Nord-Gudbrandsdal District Court. Aubert was engaged as a university fellow and in 1864 became a lecturer. Aubert was a professor of law at the University of Oslo from 1866. He published noted works of legal history, comparative law and commercial law.^[4][5]

A moderate Conservative, Aubert also served as Minister of Justice from April to June 1884 with the Schweigaard Government. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Aubert was married to noted author Elise Sofie Aars (1837–1909). Among their children were jurist Vilhelm Mariboe Aubert (1868-1908) and film critic Sofie Aubert Lindbæk (1875–1953). ^{[9] [10] [11]}