About Olaj Olsen
Lived 1851 – 1920 (aged 69). Olaj Olsen was a Norwegian politician.
Olaj Johan Olsen (6 April 1851 – 16 June 1920) was a Norwegian jurist and politician.
He made a career as a civil servant in various government ministries. He was later promoted to serve as Minister of Justice and the Police and Minister of Finance and Customs in 1888 and 1889, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm from 1896 to 1897 and Minister of the Interior from 1897 to 1898.
He was also County Governor of Nordre Bergenhus amt from 1889. In 1902, he left this post to become burgomaster of his hometown Bergen.
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Who was Olaj Olsen?
Norwegian politician (1851–1920)
When was Olaj Olsen born?
Olaj Olsen was born on 6 April 1851 in Bergen.
When did Olaj Olsen die?
Olaj Olsen died on 16 June 1920.
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Olaj Olsen was a politician.
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Olaj Olsen was Norwegian.
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