Christian Lous Lange (September 17 1869 - December 11 1938) was born in Stavanger, Norway, and received the Master of Arts degree from the University of Oslo in 1893. In 1909, he was appointed secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, a position he retained until 1933.
A noted pacifist, Lange shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Hjalmar Branting in 1921.
