Ole Irgens was a Norwegian politician.

He was a relative of the eighteenth century bishop of the same name

Ole Irgens (bishop)

Ole Irgens was a bishop in the Church of Norway.He was born in Surendal to vicar Johannes Irgens. He enrolled as a student in 1741, but was examined two years later and was hired as chaplain under his father. He left in 1756 to become a ship's priest in Morocco, but citing health problems, he...

. He enrolled as a student in 1848 and graduated as cand.theol.

Cand.theol.

Candidatus theologiæ , Candidata theologiæ , abbreviated cand. theol. is an academic degree with a long tradition, awarded after a six year higher education in theology in Denmark and Norway. In Norway, the title has remained after the "Quality Reform", though it is equivalent to a Master of...

 in 1853. While working as a school inspector in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament, in 1868. He served one term only.

He was a prominent figure in Bergen, and published several texts. He died in 1906 in Bergen.