Edvard Bull Sr.

Edvard Bull Sr.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
28 January 1928 – 15 February 1928
Prime MinisterChristopher Hornsrud
Preceded byIvar Lykke
Succeeded byJ. L. Mowinckel
Personal details
Born(1881-12-04)4 December 1881
Kristiania,  Norway
Died26 August 1932(1932-08-26) (aged 50)
Oslo,  Norway
Cause of deathBrain Tumor
Political partyLabour
SpouseLucie Juliane Antonette Voss
ChildrenEdvard Bull, Jr.
Parent(s)Edvard Isak Hambro Bull
Ida Marie Sofie Paludan
Alma materUniversity of Kristiania
ProfessionHistorian

Edvard Bull (4 December 1881 – 26 August 1932) was a Norwegian historian and politician for the Labour Party. He took the doctorate in 1912 and became a professor at the University of Kristiania in 1917, and is known for writings on a broad range of subjects. In addition to his academic work, he is known for his work on Norsk biografisk leksikon. His Marxist leanings inspired him to take up a parallel political career, in the Labour Party. Situated on the radical wing in the 1910s, he was among the architects as the Labour Party denounced the Twenty-one Conditions in 1923 and reunited with the social democrats in 1927. He was the deputy party leader from 1923 to 1932, and served as Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs in Hornsrud's short-lived cabinet in 1928.