Hans Rasmus Astrup was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Labour 1885-1887, and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 1887-1888. Astrup was a merchant before entering Sverdrup Cabinet in 1885. He resigned on 17 February 1888.

He was the son of Ebbe Carsten Tønder Astrup (1794-1888), who was mayor of Bolsøy

Bolsøy

Bolsøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Bolsøy encompassed the area around the Fannefjord including most of the present-day municipality of Molde, excluding the city of Molde...

for four years.