Office: | Minister of Justice |
Term Start: | 23 October 1907 |
Term End: | 19 March 1908 |
Primeminister: | Jørgen Løvland |
Predecessor: | Harald Bothner |
Successor: | Johan Castberg |
Office2: | Member of the Norwegian Parliament |
Term Start2: | 1 January 1913 |
Term End2: | 31 December 1915 |
Constituency2: | Aker |
Birth Name: | Johan Olaf Bredal |
Birth Date: | 10 March 1852 |
Birth Place: | Larvik, Vestfold, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway |
Spouse: | Ingeborg Olsen |
Party: | Free-minded Liberal |
Johan Olaf Bredal (10 March 1862 – 26 April 1948) was a Norwegian barrister and politician. [1]
Johan Olaf Bredal was born in Larvik, Norway. From 1886–1887, he was an attorney in Drammen. He was a prosecutor in Sandefjord 1887-1894 and became a Supreme Court Attorney in 1891. He was the chairman of the Norwegian Law and Counselors Association 1903–1904. He served as Minister of Justice in the short-lived cabinet of Jørgen Løvland from October 1907 to March 1908.[2]