Ole Andreas Furu

Ole Andreas Furu was a Norwegian lawyer, civil servant and politician.
Furu was born in Trondheim, Norway, the son of Andreas Olsen Furu and Karen Olsdatter Lien. He grew up on a farm in Sunndal Municipality and 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 (Norway)|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 (Norway)|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.