Otto Albert Blehr

Past appointments:

Prime Minister and Minister of Finance (V)

Ministry of Finance and Customs - Otto Blehr's Second Government

22.06.1921–06.03.1923

After the office as Norway’s Prime Minister in July 1873 was moved from Stockholm to a new office as prime minister in Kristiania (Oslo), the main rule was that the Prime Minister was head of a ministry and executed his tasks as head of government from this ministry.This practice ended in October 1939, when the Prime Minister was relieved from being head of a ministry. Since then, the Prime Minister’s secretariat is the Office of the Prime Minister.

Minister of Justice (V)

Ministry of Justice and the Police - Gunnar Knudsen Second Government

01.05.1917–21.06.1920

Acting Minister of Finance (V)

Ministry of Finance and Customs - Gunnar Knudsen Second Government

23.04.1915–16.07.1915

Prime Minister and Minister of Trade - also acting Minister of Auditing from 09.06.1903 (V)

Ministry of Trade (of 1903) - Otto Blehr's First Government

01.01.1903–22.10.1903

The office as Norway’s Prime Minister was based at the Norwegian Council of State Division in Stockholm from December 1814 until this responsibility in July 1873 was transferred to a new office as prime minister in Kristiania (Oslo). From then, the main rule was that the Prime Minister was head of a ministry and executed his tasks as head of government from this ministry. From July 1873 until the dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union in June 1905, the Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm ranked second to Norway’s Prime Minister in Kristiania.

Prime Minister - also Minister of the Interior until 01.01.1903, also Minister of Trade from 01.01.1903, also acting Minister of Auditing from 09.06.1903 (V)

Ministry of the Interior (of 1846) - Otto Blehr's First Government

21.04.1902–22.10.1903

Prime Minister in Stockholm (V)

Council of State Division in Stockholm - Johannes Steen's Government

17.02.1898–21.04.1902

Prime Minister in Stockholm (V)

Council of State Division in Stockholm - Johannes Steen's First Government

06.03.1891–02.05.1893