Olaj Olsen

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Olaj Johan Olsen (6 April 1851 – 16 June 1920) was a Norwegian jurist and politician.

He made a career as a civil servant in various government ministries. He was later promoted to serve as Minister of Justice and the Police[1] and Minister of Finance and Customs[2] in 1888 and 1889, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm from 1896 to 1897 and Minister of the Interior from 1897 to 1898.[3]

He was also County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane from 1889. In 1902 he left this post to become burgomaster of his hometown Bergen.

References

  • Olaj Olsen at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (Norwegian)
  1. Justis- og politidepartementet: Statsråd 1846- (Regjeringen.no)
  2. Finansdepartementet: Statsråd 1846- (Regjeringen.no)
  3. Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet: Statsråd 1846- (Regjeringen.no)
Preceded by Minister of Justice and the Police
1888
Succeeded by
Walter Scott Dahl
Preceded by Minister of Finance and Customs
1888–1889
Succeeded by
Peder Olrog Schjøtt
Preceded by Minister of Finance and Customs
1889
Succeeded by
Evald Rygh
Preceded by Minister of the Interior
1897–1898
Succeeded by
Georg August Thilesen
Preceded by County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane
1889–1902
Succeeded by
John Utheim


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