Otto Bahr Halvorsen
{{Short description|14th Prime Minister of Norway (1872–1923)}}
{{Infobox Prime Minister
|name=Otto Bahr Halvorsen
| office=Prime Minister of Norway
|order=
|honorific_prefix=
|image= File:Otto Bahr Halvorsen 1921.jpg
|caption= Bahr Halvorsen in 1921.
|termstart=21 June 1920
|termend=22 June 1921
|termstart2=6 March 1923
|monarch= Haakon VII
|monarch2=Haakon VII
|preceded=Gunnar Knudsen
|succeeded=Otto Blehr
|preceded2=Otto Blehr
|party=Conservative
|birth_date={{birth date|1872|05|28|df=y}}
|death_date={{death date and age|1923|05|23|1872|05|28|df=y}}
|death_place= Christiania, Norway
|birth_place=Christiania, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
| spouse= {{marriage|Kathrine Hofgaard|May 13, 1899}}
|termend2=23 May 1923
|succeeded2=Abraham Berge
|office3=Minister of Justice
|term_start3=21 June 1920
|term_end3=22 June 1921
|primeminister3= Himself
|predecessor3=Otto Blehr
|successor3=Olaf Amundsen
|term_start4=6 March 1923
|term_end4=23 May 1923
|primeminister4=Himself
|predecessor4=Arnold Holmboe
|successor4=Christian L. Rolfsen
|office5= Leader of the Conservative Party
|term_start5= 1919
| term_end5= 23 May 1923
| predecessor5= Jens Bratlie
| successor5= Ivar Lykke
}}
Otto Bahr Halvorsen (28 May 1872 – 23 May 1923) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician from the Conservative Party, who served as the prime minister of Norway from 1920 to 1921 and again in 1923 up until his death in office.{{cite web
|url= https://snl.no/Otto_Bahr_Halvorsen|title = Otto Bahr Halvorsen|publisher = Store norske leksikon |access-date= June 10, 2016}}
Background
Halvorsen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo, Norway) to Otto Hellen Halvorsen (1840–1921) and Karine Christine Christiansen (1847–1927). He attended Kristiania Cathedral School. He studied law at the University of Kristiania where he completed his examen artium in 1890. As a licensed attorney, in 1904 he opened a law firm in Kristiania.Rolf Danielsen [http://nbl.snl.no/Otto_B_Halvorsen Otto B Halvorsen] {{in lang|no}} Norsk biografisk leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 11 April 2014
Political career
In 1912 Halvorsen was first elected to the Storting from the neighborhood of Gamle Aker in the district of St. Hanshaugen in Kristiania.
Halvorsen served Kristiania in the Parliament from the Conservative Party from 1913 to 1923. He became Prime Minister during 1920 while also serving as Minister of Justice. He again became Prime Minister in May 1923 while simultaneously serving as Minister of Justice. Between these terms, Halvorsen was leader of the Conservative Party in Parliament and President of the Storting (stortingspresident).{{cite web|url = https://snl.no/stortingspresident
|title= stortingspresident|publisher=Store norske leksikon|author= Jon Gisle|access-date= February 1, 2018}}{{cite web|url = https://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/ministries-and-offices/offices/prime-minister-since-1814/otto-bahr-halvorsen/id463358/ |title= Otto B. Halvorsen, Prime Minister 1920 - 1921 and 1923|date= 30 May 2011|publisher= Norwegian Government Administration Services|access-date= February 1, 2018}} However, he became gravely ill in March 1923, just a few days after forming his government, and died of cancer on the 23rd of May that same year.
Personal life
In 1899, he was married to Kathrine Hofgaard (1875–1960), daughter of Simon Wright Hofgaard and Ida Mathilde Aars.{{cite web
|url =https://www.allkunne.no/framside/biografiar/h/otto-bahr-halvorsen/91/3712/ |title= Otto Bahr Halvorsen|publisher= Allkunne
|author= Harald Kjølås|access-date= February 1, 2018}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/governments/during-and-after-the-dissolution-of-the-/ministries-1905---1940/ministries-1905---1940/otto-b-halvorsens-first-government-1920-/id507312/ Otto B. Halvorsen's First Government]
- [https://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/governments/during-and-after-the-dissolution-of-the-/ministries-1905---1940/ministries-1905---1940/otto-b-halvorsens-second-government-1923/id507315/ Otto B. Halvorsen's Second Government]
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{{Succession box | before=Otto Blehr| title=Prime Minister of Norway | years=1923 | after=Abraham Berge}}
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