Name Otto Blehr Role Politician | Children Eivind Blehr | |
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Died July 13, 1927, Oslo, Norway | ||
Otto Albert Blehr (17 February 1847, – 13 July 1927, Oslo) was a Norwegian attorney and politician representing the Liberal Party. He served as the 7th 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.
Blehr grew up at a farm at Stange in Hedmark where his father was a medical officer. He married women's rights activist Randi Blehr in 1876. Blehr graduated cand.jur. in 1871. 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. Blehr was the governor of Nordre Bergenhus (1883-88) and for Nordland (1895-1900).
He was also the auditor of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1903 to his death. In 1905 he was appointed as Prefect of Christiania (now Oslo), an office he held until 1921. He was also a member of the Norwegian delegation to the League of Nations 1920 and 1922-1925.
Otto Blehr was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1898.