Edvard Bull Sr.

Edvard Bull Sr.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 28 January 1928 – 15 February 1928
Prime Minister	Christopher Hornsrud
Preceded by	Ivar Lykke
Succeeded by	J. L. Mowinckel
Personal details
Born	(1881-12-04)4 December 1881 Kristiania,  Norway
Died	26 August 1932(1932-08-26) (aged 50) Oslo,  Norway
Cause of death	Brain Tumor
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Lucie Juliane Antonette Voss
Children	Edvard Bull, Jr.
Parent(s)	Edvard Isak Hambro Bull Ida Marie Sofie Paludan
Alma mater	University of Kristiania
Profession	Historian

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.