Boye Christian Riis Strøm (18 June 1847 – 1930) was a Norwegian statistician and civil servant. He was born in Grue, and graduated with the

cand.jur. Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries. ...

degree in 1870. He was the director of

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from 1882 to 1886, and published the yearbook ''Statistisk aarbog for Kongeriget Norge''. From 1889 to 1915 he served as the Diocesan Governor of Tromsø stiftamt and the County Governor of Tromsø amt.

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1847 births 1930 deaths People from Grue, Norway Norwegian statisticians Directors of government agencies of Norway County governors of Norway {{Norway-economist-stub