Ole Anton Qvam

Ole Anton Qvam (5 August 1834 – 8 July 1904) was a Norwegian lawyer and Liberal politician, who was the Norwegian Minister of Justice 1891–1893, 1898–1899 and 1900–1902, Minister of the Interior 1899–1900, as well as head of the Ministry of Auditing, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Justice in 1900, and Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm 1902–1903.[1] [2]

Ole Anton Qvam
Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm
In office 21 April 1902 – 22 October 1903
Monarch	Oscar II
Prime Minister	Otto Blehr
Preceded by	Otto Blehr
Succeeded by	Sigurd Ibsen
Minister of Justice
In office 6 November 1900 – 21 April 1902
Prime Minister	Johannes Steen
Preceded by	Einar Løchen
Succeeded by	Søren Årstad
In office 17 February 1898 – 28 April 1899
Prime Minister	Johannes Steen
Preceded by	Harald Smedal
Succeeded by	Einar Løchen
In office 6 March 1891 – 2 May 1893
Prime Minister	Johannes Steen
Preceded by	Ulrik Arneberg
Succeeded by	Francis Hagerup
Minister of Agriculture
In office 1 April 1900 – 6 November 1900
Prime Minister	Johannes Steen
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Wollert Konow (H)
Minister of Auditing
In office 29 February 1900 – 6 November 1900
Prime Minister	Johannes Steen
Preceded by	Johannes Steen
Succeeded by	Wollert Konow (H)
Minister of the Interior
In office 28 April 1899 – 24 March 1900
Prime Minister	Johannes Steen
Preceded by	Georg A. Thilesen
Succeeded by	Johannes Steen
Leader of the Liberal Party
In office 1894–1896
Preceded by	Viggo Ullmann
Succeeded by	Viggo Ullmann
In office 1884–1889
Preceded by	Johan Sverdrup
Succeeded by	Johannes Steen
Personal details
Born	(1834-08-05)5 August 1834 Bolsøy, Møre og Romsdal, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Died	8 July 1904(1904-07-08) (aged 69) Steinkjer, Trøndelag, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Fredrikke Marie Qvam

Biography

Ole Anton Qvam was born in Bolsøy in today's Molde in Romsdal, Norway. He was the son of Ole Larsen Qvam (1782–1844) and Johanne Pedersdatter Ryen (1797–1850). Qvam worked as a teacher in Christiania, Arendal and Setesdal. He began studying law at the University of Christiania and became cand.jur. 1862. He founded the Sparbu and Egge savings bank in 1872, where he was chairman of the board 1873–1886. Mayor of Egge from 1869–1885.

Qvam was elected to the Storting for Nordre Trondhjems (Nord-Trøndelag) from 1874-1885 and for Søndre Trondhjems (Sør-Trøndelag) from 1885–1888. He served as president of the Odelstinget from 1886–1888. Qvam was Minister of Justice in the first government of Johannes Steen from March 6, 1891 to May 1, 1893, and later also Justice Minister of Johannes Steen's second government from February 17, 1898 to April 1899. On April 21, 1902, Qvam became Norway's Prime Minister in Stockholm during the first government of Otto Blehr.[3][4]

Personal life

He was married to feminist pioneer Fredrikke Marie Qvam (1843-1938) who was President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights and founded the Norwegian Women's Public Health Association. Both he and his wife were co-founders of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1884.[5] He retired from government during 1903. He died at Egge on July 8, 1904. [6]

References

1. Ole Qvam (in Norwegian) Regjeringen.no, retrieved 16 May 2013
2. Norsk senter for forskningsdata. "Ole Anton Qvam". Retrieved June 1, 2019.
3. "Anton Qvam". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
4. "Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm". regjeringen.no. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
5. "Indbydelse til at indtræde i Norsk Kvindesags-Forening stiftet den 28de Juni 1884," Bergens Tidende, 18 November 1884
6. Ingunn Ikdahl. "Fredrikke Qvam". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2019.

Civic offices
Preceded by Lars Otto Roll Grundt	County Governor of Nordre Trondhjem 1894–1898	Succeeded by Halvor Bachke Guldahl