1. Otto Albert Blehr was a Norwegian statesman, attorney and newspaper editor who was the prime minister of Norway from 1902 to 1903 during the Union between Sweden and Norway and from 1921 to 1923 following the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
Otto Blehr's parents were Albert Blehr and Maren Wilhelmine Ludovica Kathinka Stenersen.
Otto Blehr's father was a doctor and physicist at Sanderud Hospital.
Otto Blehr graduated in 1865 and then began studying the University of Christiania.
Otto Blehr served as parliamentary reporter for the newspapers Dagbladet and Bergens Tidende.
Otto Blehr was the governor of Nordre Bergenhus and for Nordland.
In 1879 Otto Blehr was elected as first deputy representative to the Storting for Nordre Bergenhus amt and from 1883 to 1888 he was a permanent representative.
Otto Blehr became a prosecutor in Sunnfjord and Nordfjord.
Otto Blehr held this assignment until he became a judge at Kristiania in 1893.
In 1894 Otto Blehr was again elected to the Storting, now for Nordland.
Otto Blehr was re-elected as parliamentary deputy for Nordland in 1898.
In October 1903, Otto Blehr resigned as a result of an election defeat.
On 21 June 1921, Otto Blehr became prime minister and at the same time chief of the Ministry of Finance.
Otto Blehr married women's rights activist Randi Blehr in 1876.
Otto Blehr was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St Olav in 1898.
Otto Blehr was the auditor of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1903 to his death in Oslo during 1927.
Otto Blehr was the father of Eivind Blehr, a minister in the Quisling regime in World War II.