Ole Anton Qvam | |
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Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm | |
In office 21 April 1902 –22 October 1903 | |
Monarch | Oscar II |
Prime Minister | Otto Blehr |
Preceded by | Otto Blehr |
Succeeded by | Sigurd Ibsen |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 6 November 1900 –21 April 1902 | |
Prime Minister | Johannes Steen |
Preceded by | Einar Løchen |
Succeeded by | Søren Årstad |
In office 17 February 1898 –28 April 1899 | |
Prime Minister | Johannes Steen |
Preceded by | Harald Smedal |
Succeeded by | Einar Løchen |
In office 6 March 1891 –2 May 1893 | |
Prime Minister | Johannes Steen |
Preceded by | Ulrik Arneberg |
Succeeded by | Francis Hagerup |
Minister of Agriculture | |
In office 1 April 1900 –6 November 1900 | |
Prime Minister | Johannes Steen |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Wollert Konow (H) |
Minister of Auditing | |
In office 29 February 1900 –6 November 1900 | |
Prime Minister | Johannes Steen |
Preceded by | Johannes Steen |
Succeeded by | Wollert Konow (H) |
Minister of the Interior | |
In office 28 April 1899 –24 March 1900 | |
Prime Minister | Johannes Steen |
Preceded by | Georg A. Thilesen |
Succeeded by | Johannes Steen |
Leader of the Liberal Party | |
In office 1894–1896 | |
Preceded by | Viggo Ullmann |
Succeeded by | Johannes Steen |
In office 1884–1889 | |
Preceded by | Johan Sverdrup |
Succeeded by | Johannes Steen |
Personal details | |
Born | Bolsøy,Møre og Romsdal,United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway | 5 August 1834
Died | 8 July 1904 69) Steinkjer,Trøndelag,United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway | (aged
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Fredrikke Marie 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] [2]
Ole Anton Qvam was born in Bolsøy in today's Molde in Romsdal,Norway. He was the son of Ole Larsen Qvam (1782–1844) and Johanne Pedersdatter Ryen (1797–1850). Qvam worked as a teacher in Christiania,Arendal and Setesdal. He began studying law at the University of Christiania and became cand.jur. 1862. He founded the Sparbu and Egge savings bank in 1872,where he was chairman of the board 1873–1886. Mayor of Egge from 1869 to 1885.
Qvam was elected to the Storting for Nordre Trondhjems (Nord-Trøndelag) from 1874 to 1885 and for Søndre Trondhjems (Sør-Trøndelag) from 1885 to 1888. He served as president of the Odelstinget from 1886 to 1888. Qvam was Minister of Justice in the first government of Johannes Steen from March 6,1891 to May 1,1893,and later also Justice Minister of Johannes Steen's second government from February 17,1898 to April 1899. On April 21,1902,Qvam became Norway's Prime Minister in Stockholm during the first government of Otto Blehr. [3] [4]
He was married to feminist pioneer Fredrikke Marie Qvam (1843-1938) who was President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights and founded the Norwegian Women's Public Health Association. Both he and his wife were co-founders of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1884. [5] He retired from government during 1903. He died at Egge on July 8,1904. [6]
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