Olaf Amundsen

Olaf Amundsen was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Liberal Party.
Amundsen was elected to the Parliament of Norway for the parliamentary terms 1910-1912 and 1913–1918. From 1918–1921, he was a Sorenskriver, the leader of the Fosen [District Court] in Trøndelag. He then became the Minister of Justice and [the Police (Norway)|Minister of Justice] in the second government of Otto Blehr. The government was in office from 1921 to 1923, but Amundsen resigned from his post on 24 August 1922 when he was named County [governor (Norway)|County Governor] of Nordland County. He held the governorship until his death in 1939.