Otto B. Halvorsen

Otto Bahr Halvorsen
6th Prime Minister of Norway
In office 21 June 1920 – 22 June 1921
Monarch	Haakon VII
Preceded by	Gunnar Knudsen
Succeeded by	Otto Blehr
In office 23 March 1923 – 30 May 1923
Preceded by	Otto Blehr
Succeeded by	Abraham Berge
Personal details
Born	28 May 1872 Oslo
Died	23 May 1923
Political party	Conservative Party

Otto Bahr Halvorsen (28 May 1872 –23 May 1923 ) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1920 to 1921 and again in 1923 when he died in office.

Halvorsen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo, Norway) to Otto Hellen Halvorsen (1840-1921) and Karine Christine Christiansen (1847-1927). He attended Kristiania Cathedral School. He studied law at the University of Kristiania where he completed his examen artium in 1890. As a licensed attorney, in 1904 he opened a law firm in Kristiania.

In 1912 Halvorsen was first elected to the Storting from the neighborhood of Gamle Aker in the district of St. Hanshaugen in Kristiania. Halvorsen served Kristiania in the Parliament from the Conservative Party from 1913 to 1923. He became Prime Minister during 1920 while also serving as Minister of Justice. He again became Prime Minister in May 1923 while simultaneously serving as Minister of Justice. Between these terms, Halvorsen was leader of the Conservative Party in Parliament and President of the Storting (stortingspresident).

In 1899, he was married to Kathrine Hofgaard (1875-1960), daughter of Simon Wright Hofgaard and Ida Mathilde Aars.

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