Ole Andreas Bachke (6 May 1830 – 3 January 1890) was the Norwegian jurist and Government Minister.

Biography

Bachke was born at Røros in

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, Norway. He was the eldest son of the local sheriff Halvard Bachke (1800-1852) and his wife AnnaSofie Ditlevsen (1804-1878). He studied for a career in law and achieved his law degree in Christiania (Oslo) in 1852. He then studied abroad for several years. From 1856 he was a trial attorney in Christiania (now Oslo). In 1860 he became secretary for justice affairs at Christiania. In 1864 he was a judge and became a Chief Justice in 1878. He was president of a

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court, before entering the first cabinet of Prime Minister Frederik Stang in 1879. He became Minister of Justice 1879–1880, member of the Council of State Division in

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1880–1881, Minister of Justice 1880–1882, Ministry of Auditing 1882–1884, and acting

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in 1884.

References

1830 births 1890 deaths People from Røros Government ministers of Norway 19th-century Norwegian judges Ministers of Justice of Norway {{Norway-politician-1830s-stub