Otto Bahr Halvorsen

Otto Bahr Halvorsen


6th Prime Minister of Norway
In office 23 March 1923 – 23 May 1923
Monarch	Haakon VII
Preceded by	Otto Albert Blehr
Succeeded by	Abraham Berge
In office 21 June 1920 – 22 June 1921
Monarch	Haakon VII
Preceded by	Gunnar Knudsen
Succeeded by	Otto Albert Blehr
Personal details
Born	28 May 1872 Oslo, Norway
Died	23 May 1923(1923-05-23) (aged 50) Oslo, Norway
Political party	Conservative Party

Otto Bahr Halvorsen (28 May 1872 –23 May 1923 ) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1920 to 1921 and again in 1923 when he died in office.^[1]

Halvorsen was born in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway) to Otto Hellen Halvorsen (1840-1921) and Karine Christine Christiansen (1847-1927). He attended Oslo Cathedral School where he completed his examen artium in 1890. As a licensed attorney, in 1904 he opened a law firm in Christiania.^[2]

Otto B. Halvorsen served Christiania in the Norwegian Parliament from the Conservative Party from 1913 to 1923. He became Prime Minister during 1920 while also serving as Justice Minister. He also became Prime Minister in May 1923 while simultaneously serving as Minister of Justice. Between these terms, Halvorsen was Parliamentary President and leader of the Conservative Party in Parliament.^[3]

References

↑ "Otto Bahr Halvorsen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
↑ Rolf Danielsen Otto B Halvorsen (Norwegian) Norsk biografisk leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 11 April 2014
↑ "Otto Bahr Halvorsen". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved June 10, 2016.

Political offices
Preceded by Gunnar Knudsen	Prime Minister of Norway 1920–1921	Succeeded by Otto Blehr
Preceded by Otto Blehr	Prime Minister of Norway 1923	Succeeded by Abraham Berge

Heads of government of Norway

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 Solberg

Conservative Party

Leaders	Stang (1884–89, 91–93, 96–99) Schweigaard (1889–91, 93–96) Hagerup (1899–1902) Skattebøl (1902–05) Harbitz (1905–07) Stang (1907–11) Bratlie (1911–19) Halvorsen (1919–23) Lykke (1923–26) Hambro (1926–34, 50–54) Andresen (1934–37) Bærøe (1937–40) Nordlie (1945–50) Kjøs (1954–62) Lindbrække (1962–70) Willoch (1970–74) Norvik (1974–80, 84–86) Benkow (1980–84) Presthus (1986–88) Five (1988, 91–94) Syse (1988–91) Petersen (1994–2004) Solberg (2004-)

Cabinets	Stang I Stang II Hagerup I Hagerup II Michelsen Konow Lykke Bratlie Bahr Halvorsen I Bahr Halvorsen II Berge Lykke Gerhardsen I Lyng Borten Willoch I Willoch II Syse Bondevik II Solberg

Related	Conservative Press Association Conservative Students' Association Young Conservatives

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