Ole Andreas Furu (26 December 1841 – 28 November 1925) was a Norwegian lawyer, civil servant and politician. Furu was born in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

, Norway, the son of Andreas Olsen Furu (1813–1887) and Karen Olsdatter Lien. He grew up on a farm in

Sunndal is a municipality in the Nordmøre region located in the northeast part of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Sunndalsøra. Other villages include Gjøra, Grøa, Hoelsand, Jorda ...

and earned his law degree in 1867. He was a member of the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

from 1880 to 1882 and from 1886 to 1888, representing the

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. He joined

Stang's First Cabinet The Stang's First Cabinet governed Norway between 13 July 1889 and 6 March 1891. It was led by Emil Stang and is one of two Conservative Party-only cabinets ever in Norway, the other being Willoch's First Cabinet from 1981 to 1983. It had the follo ...

in 1890, first as member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm, later as

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. He was a member

Stang's Second Cabinet The Stang's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 2 May 1893 and 14 October 1895. It had the following composition: Cabinet members State Secretary Not to be confused with the modern title State Secretary. The old title State Secretary, used b ...

, where he served as Minister of Auditing, and later Minister of Finance and Customs. He was County Governor of Akershus from 1895 to 1918.

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1841 births 1925 deaths People from Trondheim Members of the Storting Politicians from Trondheim Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Government ministers of Norway County governors of Norway Commanders of the Order of the Polar Star Ministers of Finance of Norway People from Sunndal {{Norway-politician-1840s-stub