Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes (5 January 1861 – 8 April 1941) was a Norwegian naval officer and politician for the Liberal Party.

He was born in Fredrikstad as the son of engineer and merchant Henry Dawes and his wife Caroline Griffin.

[2] From 1902 to 1910 he was the director of the Norwegian Naval Academy, except for the years 1907 to 1908.

On 23 October 1907, when the Løvland cabinet assumed office, he was appointed as the new Minister of Defence.

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