Otto Albert Blehr was a Norwegian

Norway

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 attorney and politician representing the Liberal Party

Venstre (Norway)

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. He served as Prime Minister of Norway

Prime Minister of Norway

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 from 1902 to 1903 during the Union between Sweden and Norway

Union between Sweden and Norway

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 and from 1921 to 1923 following the Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.

He served as parliamentary reporter for the newspapers Dagbladet

Dagbladet

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 and Bergens Tidende

Bergens Tidende

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. He was one of the founders of the Fjordenes Blad. He later started and served as the first editor of the Sogns Tidende. He was also the auditor of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Norwegian Nobel Committee

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 from 1903 to his death. In 1905 he was appointed as Prefect of Christiania

Christiania

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, an office he held until 1921. He was also a member of the Norwegian delegation to the League of Nations

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 1920 and 1922-1925.

Otto Blehr was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1898.