Edvard Hagerup Bull

Edvard Hagerup Bull (23 January 1855 – 25 March 1938) was a Norwegian jurist and assessor of the Supreme Court of Norway. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament and government official with the Conservative Party of Norway.

Background Edvard Hagerup Bull was born in Bergen as the son of Colonel Jens Munthe Bull (1815–1905) and his wife Johanne Margrethe Hagerup (1817–1888). His brother Schak Bull (1858 – 1956) was an architect, and his maternal grandfather was politician Edvard Hagerup. He was also a nephew of composer Ole Bull and architect Georg Andreas Bull, and cousin of composer Edvard Grieg. He had his secondary education at Bergen Cathedral School during 1872, enrolled as a student and graduated with the degree cand.jur. in 1876. He was hired as an attorney for the law company of Emil Stang, and worked there from 1877 to 1879.

Career During July 1879 he was hired by the Ministry of the Interior, transferring to the Ministry of Finance the next year. Here, he was promoted to assistant secretary in 1882 and deputy under-secretary of State in 1888. He had been acting deputy under-secretary since 1887. He had this job until 1893, except for the period between 6 June 1889 and 7 July 1889, when he was acting Minister of Finance. both of whom were Prime Ministers at one point.

Having quit the Supreme Court during 1918, he later resumed politics to serve as Minister of Finance and Customs in the first cabinet Bahr Halvorsen. This cabinet existed exactly for one year, from 21 June 1920 to 21 June 1921. He resided in the neighborhood of Jar in Bærum in his later life.