Otto Blehr

Otto Albert Blehr (17 February 1847, Stange, Hedmark – 13 July 1927) was a Norwegian attorney and politician representing the Liberal Party. He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1902 to 1903 during the Union between Sweden and Norway and from 1921 to 1923 following the Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.[1]

He served as parliamentary reporter for the newspapers Dagbladet and Bergens Tidende. He was one of the founders of the Fjordenes Blad. He later started and served as the first editor of the Sogns Tidende. He was also the auditor of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1903 to his death. In 1905 he was appointed as Prefect of Christiania, an office he held until 1921. He was also a member of the Norwegian delegation to the League of Nations 1920 and 1922-1925.[2]

Otto Blehr was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1898.

References

  1. ^ Otto Blehr (Government Administration Services)
  2. ^ Norwegian Nobel Committee (in Norwegian). Aarsberetninger fra Det Norske Stortings Nobelkomité 1900–1930. Parliament of Norway. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Johannes Steen		 Prime Minister of Norway
1902–1903		 Succeeded by
George Francis Hagerup
Preceded by
Otto Bahr Halvorsen		 Prime Minister of Norway
1921–1923		 Succeeded by
Otto Bahr Halvorsen
First Ministers, 1814–1873
Haxthausen • Rosenkrantz • Sommerhielm • Collett • Krog • Vogt • Petersen • F. Stang
Prime Ministers, 1873–1905
F. Stang • Selmer • Schweigaard • Sverdrup • E. Stang • Steen • E. Stang • Hagerup • Steen • Blehr • Hagerup
Prime Ministers, 1905–1940
Michelsen • Løvland • Knudsen • Konow • Bratlie • Knudsen • Halvorsen • Blehr • Halvorsen • Berge • Mowinckel • Lykke • Hornsrud • Mowinckel • Kolstad • Hundseid • Mowinckel • Nygaardsvold
WWII 1940–1945
Nygaardsvold (Prime Minister in exile, 1940-1945)  
Quisling (Prime Minister, 1940 coup) • Christensen (Chairman of the Administrative Council, 1940) • Terboven (German Commissioner for Norway) •  Quisling (Minister President, 1942-1945)
Prime Ministers, 1945–
Gerhardsen • Torp • Gerhardsen • Lyng • Gerhardsen • Borten • Bratteli • Korvald • Bratteli • Nordli • Brundtland • Willoch • Brundtland • Syse • Brundtland • Jagland • Bondevik • Stoltenberg • Bondevik • Stoltenberg