
Adolf Oliverson Indrebø (7 February 1884 – 5 December 1942) was a Norwegian politician for the
Labour Party.
He hailed from
Førde
Førde is a former municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center was the town of Førde which in 2016 had 10,255 inhabitants. Other villages in Førd ...
, but moved to
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
as a student. He was a member of Oslo city council from 1917 to 1934, serving as
mayor
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from 1929 to 1931.
In 1935, during the
cabinet Nygaardsvold, he was appointed
Minister of Finance
A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation.
A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
. He held this post one year. He was also head of the Ministry of Defense, briefly in 1935.
Forsvarsdepartementet: Statsråd 1814-
(Regjeringen.no)
References
at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia
1884 births
1942 deaths
People from Førde
Ministers of Finance of Norway
Mayors of Oslo
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Place of death missing
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