Ole Anton Qvam

Ole Anton Qvam.

Ole Anton Qvam (5 August 1834 – 8 July 1904) was a Norwegian lawyer and Liberal politician, who was the Norwegian Minister of Justice 1891-1893, 1898–1899 and 1900–1902, Minister of the Interior 1899-1900, as well as head of the Ministry of Auditing, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Justice in 1900, and Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm 1902-1903.[1]

He was married to feminist pioneer Fredrikke Marie Qvam, who was President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights and founded the Norwegian Women's Public Health Association.

References

  1. Ole Qvam (Norwegian) Regjeringen.no, retrieved 16 May, 2013
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