Olaf Amundsen (13 May 1876–12 December 1939) was a
Norwegian lawyer
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and
politician
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for the
Liberal Party.
Amundsen was elected to the
Parliament of Norway
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for the parliamentary terms 1910-1912 and 1913–1918. From 1918–1921, he was a , the leader of the
Fosen District Court in
Trøndelag
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. He then became the
Minister of Justice in the second government of
Otto Blehr. The government was in office from 1921 to 1923, but Amundsen resigned his post on 24 August 1922 when he was named to the post of
County Governor of
Nordland
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county. He held the governorship until his death in 1939.
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1876 births
1939 deaths
County governors of Norway
County governors of Nordland
Ministers of Justice of Norway
People from Tromsø
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