Ole Andreas Furu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ole Andreas Furu

Norwegian politician

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1841

Place of Birth: Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1925

Profession: lawyer, politician, bank manager

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ole Andreas Furu (26 December 1841 – 28 November 1925) was a Norwegian lawyer, civil servant and politician.
Furu was born in Trondheim, Norway.
He was the son of Andreas Olsen Furu (1813–1887) and Karen Olsdatter Lien.
He grew up on a farm in Sunndal.
He earned his law degree in 1867. He was a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1880 to 1882 and from 1886 to 1888, representing the Conservative Party.
He joined Stang's First Cabinet in 1890, first as member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm, later as Minister of the Interior.
He was a member Stang's Second Cabinet, where he served as Minister of Auditing, and later Minister of Finance and Customs.
He was County Governor of Akershus from 1895 to 1918.