Career
He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1902 to 1903 during the Union between Sweden and Norway and from 1921 to 1923 following the Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden. Blehr grew up at a farm in Stange where his father was medical officer He served as parliamentary reporter for the newspapers Dagbladet and Bergens Tidende.
He was one of the founders of the Fjordenes Blad.
He later started and served as the first editor of the Sogns Tidende. He was also the auditor of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1903 to his death.
In 1905 he was appointed as Prefect of Christiania, an office he held until 1921. Otto Blehr was awarded the Grand Cross of the Olav in 1898.