# Otto Blehr - Prime Minister of Norway in Stockholm, then Prime Minister of Norway (Christiania), then Prime Minister of Norway

URL: https://allhistories.com/norway/rulers/otto-blehr
Terms of office: 1891–1893, 1898–1903, 1921–1923
Born-Died: 17 February 1847 - 13 July 1927
Dynasty: Liberal Party
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Blehr

Pressed for a separate Norwegian consular service. Second term in Stockholm before becoming prime minister in Christiania. Liberal government that left office after the 1903 election. Fell in 1923 amid the dispute over prohibition and trade agreements with wine-exporting countries.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Emil Stang](https://allhistories.com/norway/rulers/emil-stang)
- Next in list: [Johannes Steen](https://allhistories.com/norway/rulers/johannes-steen)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1892 - [First Holmenkollen ski festival](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1892-first-holmenkollen-ski-festival)
- 1893 - [Nansen's Fram expedition sets out](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1893-nansen-s-fram-expedition-sets-out)
- 1893 - [Munch paints The Scream](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1893-munch-paints-the-scream)
- 1895 - [Union crisis: Norway backs down](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1895-union-crisis-norway-backs-down)
- 1898 - [Universal male suffrage](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1898-universal-male-suffrage)
- 1899 - [National Theatre opens](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1899-national-theatre-opens)
- 1901 - [First Nobel Peace Prize awarded in Christiania](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1901-first-nobel-peace-prize-awarded-in-christiania)
- 1903 - [Amundsen sails the Northwest Passage](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1903-amundsen-sails-the-northwest-passage)
- 1904 - [Ålesund fire](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1904-alesund-fire)
- 1905 - [Storting dissolves the union with Sweden](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1905-storting-dissolves-the-union-with-sweden)
- 1905 - [Referendum on dissolution](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1905-referendum-on-dissolution)
- 1905 - [Karlstad Treaty](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1905-karlstad-treaty)
- 1905 - [Prince Carl elected King Haakon VII](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1905-prince-carl-elected-king-haakon-vii)
- 1905 - [Norsk Hydro founded](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1905-norsk-hydro-founded)
- 1906 - [Coronation of Haakon VII in Trondheim](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1906-coronation-of-haakon-vii-in-trondheim)
- 1907 - [Women gain limited suffrage](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1907-women-gain-limited-suffrage)
- 1909 - [Concession laws protect natural resources](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1909-concession-laws-protect-natural-resources)
- 1909 - [Bergen Line opens](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1909-bergen-line-opens)
- 1911 - [Vemork power station opens](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1911-vemork-power-station-opens)
- 1911 - [Amundsen reaches the South Pole](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1911-amundsen-reaches-the-south-pole)
- 1913 - [Universal suffrage for women](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1913-universal-suffrage-for-women)
- 1914 - [Jubilee Exhibition and wartime neutrality](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1914-jubilee-exhibition-and-wartime-neutrality)
- 1917 - [The 'neutral ally': shipping losses](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1917-the-neutral-ally-shipping-losses)
- 1918 - [Spanish flu reaches Norway](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1918-spanish-flu-reaches-norway)
- 1919 - [Prohibition referendum](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1919-prohibition-referendum)
- 1920 - [Svalbard Treaty signed](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1920-svalbard-treaty-signed)
- 1920 - [Norway joins the League of Nations](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1920-norway-joins-the-league-of-nations)
- 1922 - [Nansen awarded the Nobel Peace Prize](https://allhistories.com/norway/timeline/1922-nansen-awarded-the-nobel-peace-prize)