Ole Bae was a Norwegian civil servant.

He was born in Bremnes

Bremnes

Bremnes is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.It was created by the split of Finnås on July 1, 1916, which created the new municipalities Moster, Bømlo and Bremnes. At that time Bremnes had a population of 3,411....

 as a son of teacher Jakob Bae (1866–1963) and Anna Fladvad (1871–1954). He took commerce school in 1921, and worked his entire career in county administration. He started in Finnmark from 1922 to 1924, then after spending the year 1925 in Spain he was hired as a civil servant at the Nord-Trøndelag County Governor's office in 1926.

He was County Governor of Nord-Trøndelag from 1964 to 1972. Unlike many County Governors, he had no background in national politics, but had been a member of Steinkjer

Steinkjer

is a town and a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Steinkjer, which is also the seat of the county government...

 city council.

He was a Commander of the Order of the Polar Star

Order of the Polar Star

The Order of the Polar Star is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I of Sweden on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim....

 and the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav (1971).