Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje

Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje
Minister of Agriculture
In office 11 March 1905 – 6 November 1906
Prime Minister	Christian Michelsen
Preceded by	Johan E. Mellbye
Succeeded by	Sven Aarrestad
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 January 1886 – 31 December 1906
Constituency	Stavanger
President of the Lagting
In office 1 January 1903 – 11 March 1905
Preceded by	Hans Jacob Horst
Succeeded by	Thore Torkildsen Foss
Personal details
Born	(1851-07-25)25 July 1851 Etne, Hordaland, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Died	4 December 1917(1917-12-04) (aged 66) Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Political party	Moderate Liberal
Spouse	Borghild Sofie Fostvedt ​ ​ (m. 1874)​
Children	Torkell Vinje

Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje (25 July 1851 – 4 December 1917) was a Norwegian farmer, teacher, leader of a police district, civil servant and politician for the Moderate Liberal Party. He served as Minister of Agriculture 1905–1906.^[1]

He was mayor of Kopervik from 1884 to 1890 and a member of the Parliament of Norway 1885–1906.^[1]

References

1. Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje Norsk biografisk leksikon, via Store norske leksikon, retrieved 11 April 2013 (in Norwegian)

• List of Ministers from Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister
• List of Ministers of Agriculture from Norwegian Government site