Office: | Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm |
Term Start: | 21 April 1902 |
Term End: | 22 October 1903 |
Primeminister: | Otto Blehr |
Predecessor: | Otto Blehr |
Successor: | Sigurd Ibsen |
Office2: | Minister of Justice |
Term Start2: | 6 November 1900 |
Term End2: | 21 April 1902 |
Primeminister2: | Johannes Steen |
Predecessor2: | Einar Løchen |
Successor2: | Søren Årstad |
Term Start3: | 17 February 1898 |
Term End3: | 28 April 1899 |
Primeminister3: | Johannes Steen |
Predecessor3: | Harald Smedal |
Term Start4: | 6 March 1891 |
Term End4: | 2 May 1893 |
Primeminister4: | Johannes Steen |
Predecessor4: | Ulrik Arneberg |
Successor4: | Francis Hagerup |
Office5: | Minister of Agriculture |
Term Start5: | 1 April 1900 |
Term End5: | 6 November 1900 |
Primeminister5: | Johannes Steen |
Predecessor5: | Position established |
Successor5: | Wollert Konow (H) |
Office6: | Minister of Auditing |
Term Start6: | 29 February 1900 |
Term End6: | 6 November 1900 |
Primeminister6: | Johannes Steen |
Predecessor6: | Johannes Steen |
Successor6: | Wollert Konow (H) |
Office7: | Minister of the Interior |
Term Start7: | 28 April 1899 |
Term End7: | 24 March 1900 |
Primeminister7: | Johannes Steen |
Predecessor7: | Georg A. Thilesen |
Successor7: | Johannes Steen |
Office8: | Leader of the Liberal Party |
Term Start8: | 1894 |
Term End8: | 1896 |
Predecessor8: | Viggo Ullmann |
Successor8: | Johannes Steen |
Term Start9: | 1884 |
Term End9: | 1889 |
Predecessor9: | Johan Sverdrup |
Successor9: | Johannes Steen |
Birth Date: | 5 August 1834 |
Birth Place: | Bolsøy, Møre og Romsdal, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway |
Death Place: | Steinkjer, Trøndelag, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway |
Spouse: | Fredrikke Marie Qvam |
Party: | Liberal |
Ole Anton Qvam (5 August 1834 – 8 July 1904) was a Norwegian lawyer and Liberal politician, who was the Norwegian minister of Justice 1891–1893, 1898–1899 and 1900–1902, minister of the Interior 1899–1900, as well as head of the ministry of Auditing, ministry of Agriculture and ministry of Justice in 1900, and Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm 1902–1903.[1] [2]
Ole Anton Qvam was born in Bolsøy in today's Molde in Romsdal, Norway. He was the son of Ole Larsen Qvam (1782–1844) and Johanne Pedersdatter Ryen (1797–1850). Qvam worked as a teacher in Christiania, Arendal and Setesdal. He began studying law at the University of Christiania and became cand.jur. 1862. He founded the Sparbu and Egge savings bank in 1872, where he was chairman of the board 1873–1886. Mayor of Egge from 1869 to 1885.
Qvam was elected to the Storting for Nordre Trondhjems (Nord-Trøndelag) from 1874 to 1885 and for Søndre Trondhjems (Sør-Trøndelag) from 1885 to 1888. He served as president of the Odelstinget from 1886 to 1888.Qvam was Minister of Justice in the first government of Johannes Steen from March 6, 1891 to May 1, 1893, and later also Justice Minister of Johannes Steen's second government from February 17, 1898 to April 1899. On April 21, 1902, Qvam became Norway's Prime Minister in Stockholm during the first government of Otto Blehr.[3] [4]
He was married to feminist pioneer Fredrikke Marie Qvam (1843-1938) who was President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights and founded the Norwegian Women's Public Health Association. Both he and his wife were co-founders of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1884.[5] He retired from government during 1903. He died at Egge on July 8, 1904.[6]