Ole Jacob Broch

Ole Jacob Broch (14 January 1818 – 5 February 1889) was a Norwegian mathematician, physicist, economist and government minister.

He also traveled abroad for studies in Paris, Berlin and Königsberg, during which he developed an interest in optics and statistics.

[2] Broch entered politics as a local politician in Christiania, and in the period 1862–69 he represented the city in the Storting.

After serving as a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm in 1871–72, he returned as Minister of the Navy briefly in 1872.

The constitutional crisis which caused the fall of the so-called April Ministerium of Christian Homann Schweigaard, led to the demand for a new prime minister.