Third cabinet Gerhardsen
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Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet governed Norway
between 22 January 1955 and 28 August 1963. The Labour Party
cabinet was led by Einar Gerhardsen
. It had the following composition:
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...
between 22 January 1955 and 28 August 1963. The Labour Party
Norwegian Labour Party
The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
cabinet was led by Einar Gerhardsen
Einar Gerhardsen
was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was Prime Minister for three periods, 1945–1951, 1955–1963 and 1963–1965. With 17 years in office, he is the longest serving Prime Minister in Norway since the introduction of parliamentarism...
. It had the following composition:
Cabinet members
| Portfolio | Minister | Period | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Einar Gerhardsen Einar Gerhardsen was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was Prime Minister for three periods, 1945–1951, 1955–1963 and 1963–1965. With 17 years in office, he is the longest serving Prime Minister in Norway since the introduction of parliamentarism... |
Labour Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway.... |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Halvard Manthey Lange | Labour | |
| Minister of Defence | Nils Handal | – 18 February 1961 | Labour |
| Gudmund Harlem Gudmund Harlem Gudmund Harlem was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Labour Party. He was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs from 1955 to 1961 and Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1961 to 1965... |
18 February 1961 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Industry | Gustav Sjaastad | – 9 April 1959 | Labour |
| Kjell Holler | 9 April 1959 – 4 July 1963 | Labour | |
| Trygve Lie Trygve Lie Trygve Halvdan Lie was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian Foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first Secretary-General of the United... |
4 July 1963 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Finance and Customs | Mons Lid Mons Lid Mons Lid was Norwegian Minister of Finance in 1955-1956.From 1949 to 1966 he was County Governor of Hordaland.-References:... |
– 28 December 1956 | Labour |
| Trygve Bratteli Trygve Bratteli was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party and Prime Minister of Norway in 1971–1972 and 1973–1976.-Early life and career:... |
28 December 1956 – 23 April 1960 | Labour | |
| Petter Jacob Bjerve | 23 April 1960 – 4 February 1963 | Labour | |
| Andreas Zeier Cappelen Andreas Zeier Cappelen Andreas Zeier Cappelen was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Vang, Hedmark.He held a variety of positions in different Norwegian cabinets... |
4 February 1963 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Wages and Prices | Gunnar Bråthen Gunnar Bråthen Gunnar Bråthen was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Pay and Prices from 1955 to 1959.... |
1 August 1955 – 9 April 1959 | Labour |
| Gunnar Bøe Gunnar Bøe Gunnar Bøe was a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.-Personal life:He was born in Bergen as the son of Gunnar Olaf Bøe and Ragnhild Sæthre . In 1940 he married another Ragnhild Sæthre, born 1917... |
9 April 1959 – 1 September 1962 | Labour | |
| Karl Trasti Karl Trasti Karl Trasti was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.During the third cabinet Gerhardsen he was appointed state secretary to the Minister of Finance in 1955, a post he held one year... |
1 September 1962 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Local Government and Labour | Johan Ulrik Olsen Johan Ulrik Olsen Johan Ulrik Olsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Hitteren as a son of farmer Peder Olsen og Dorothea Hesnes . He became a journeyman carpenter in 1899, at the age of 14, and worked in that field until 1914, when he started his own fishing business... |
– 1 September 1958 | Labour |
| Andreas Zeier Cappelen Andreas Zeier Cappelen Andreas Zeier Cappelen was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Vang, Hedmark.He held a variety of positions in different Norwegian cabinets... |
1 September 1958 – 4 February 1963 | Labour | |
| Oskar Skogly Oskar Skogly Oskar Skogly was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He is known as Minister of Local Government, mayor of Fåberg and three-term member of the Parliament of Norway.-Career:... |
4 February 1963 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Social Affairs | Rakel Seweriin Rakel Seweriin Rakel Seweriin, née Solberg was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs from 1953 to 1955.... |
– 1 August 1955 | Labour |
| Gudmund Harlem Gudmund Harlem Gudmund Harlem was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Labour Party. He was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs from 1955 to 1961 and Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1961 to 1965... |
1 August 1955 – 18 February 1961 | Labour | |
| Olav Bruvik Olav Bruvik Olav Bruvik was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs from 1961 until his death.... |
18 February 1961 – 30 December 1962 | Labour | |
| Aase Bjerkholt Aase Bjerkholt Aase Ingerid Nathalie Bjerkholt is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Oslo.She was consultative councillor of state for family and consumer affairs during the third cabinet Gerhardsen in 1955–1956, and became the first Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs in 1956... |
30 December 1962 – 4 February 1963 | Labour | |
| Olav Gjærevoll Olav Gjærevoll Olav Gjærevoll was a Norwegian botanist and politician for the Labour Party. Gjærevoll was a professor of botany at the University of Trondheim from 1958 to 1986, and was a specialist in alpine plants.... |
4 February 1963 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | Kolbjørn Varmann | – 23 April 1960 | Labour |
| Trygve Bratteli Trygve Bratteli was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party and Prime Minister of Norway in 1971–1972 and 1973–1976.-Early life and career:... |
23 April 1960 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Trade and Shipping | Arne Skaug Arne Skaug Arne Skaug was a Norwegian economist, civil servant, diplomat and politician for the Labour Party. He is known as director of Statistics Norway from 1946 to 1948, Norwegian Minister of Trade and Shipping from 1955 to 1962 and later ambassador.-Early life and career:He was born in Horten as a son... |
– 13 January 1962 | Labour |
| O.C. Gundersen Oscar Christian Gundersen Oscar Christian "O.C." Gundersen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.Gundersen graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1931. During the second cabinet Gerhardsen he was appointed Minister of Justice and the Police, a post he a year into the new cabinet Torp. He left in 1952 and became a... |
13 January 1962 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Fisheries | Nils Kristian Lysø Nils Kristian Lysø Nils Kristian Lysø was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1958, and was re-elected on one occasion... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Agriculture | Olav Meisdalshagen Olav Meisdalshagen Olav Meisdalshagen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He is best known for serving as the Norwegian Minister of Finance from December 1947 to November 1951 and as the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture from January 1955 to May 1956... |
– 14 May 1956 | Labour |
| Harald Johan Løbak Harald Johan Løbak Harald Johan Løbak was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party.He was born in Trysil.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 1945, and was re-elected on six occasions.... |
14 May 1956 – 23 April 1960 | Labour | |
| Einar Joachim Wøhni | 23 April 1960 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Justice and Police | Jens Christian Hauge Jens Christian Hauge Jens Christian Hauge , often written Jens Chr. Hauge, was a Norwegian World War II resistance figure and politician who was the leader of the secret military organization Milorg during WWII... |
– 1 November 1955 | Labour |
| Jens Haugland Jens Haugland Jens Haugland was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1954, and was re-elected on four occasions. From November 1955 to August 1963, during the third cabinet Gerhardsen, Haugland was Norwegian Minister of Justice and the Police... |
1 November 1955 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs | Aase Bjerkholt Aase Bjerkholt Aase Ingerid Nathalie Bjerkholt is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Oslo.She was consultative councillor of state for family and consumer affairs during the third cabinet Gerhardsen in 1955–1956, and became the first Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs in 1956... |
21 December 1956 – | Labour |
| Minister of Church Affairs and Education | Birger Bergersen | – 23 April 1960 | Labour |
| Helge Sivertsen Helge Sivertsen Helge Sivertsen was a Norwegian discus thrower and politician. He was born in Mandal, but represented Inderøy IL in athletics competitions. His party affiliation was to the Labour Party.... |
23 April 1960 – | Labour |
State Secretaries
| Ministry | State Secretary | Period | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office of the Prime Minister | Kai Knudsen | 23 January 1955 – 31 December 1955 | Labour |
| Olaf Solumsmoen Olaf Solumsmoen Olaf Solumsmoen was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Sigdal, and decided to be a stenographer. He was hired in the Labour Party newspaper Fremtiden in Drammen, where he also was involved in local politics. He eventually left stenography to become a... |
6 January 1956 – | Labour | |
| Arnfinn Guldvog | 6 January 1956 – | Labour | |
| Dagfin Juel Dagfin Juel Dagfin Juel was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.He graduated as cand.oecon. in 1932. He was hired in the Ministry of Social Affairs in 1938, and was later promoted to assistant secretary. He moved to the Ministry of Trade in 1949, and was promoted from assistant... |
1 April 1956 – | Labour | |
| Kjell Gjøstein Aabrek Kjell Gjøstein Aabrek Kjell Gjøstein Aabrek was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Bergen.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Bergen in 1954, and was re-elected on three occasions... |
1 January 1958 – | Labour | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Dag Ramsøy Bryn Dag Ramsøy Bryn Dag Ramsøy Bryn was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Oslo. He served as state secretary in the Ministry of Defence from 1947 to 1950, in the second cabinet Gerhardsen, and in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1954 to 1958 in the cabinets Torp and... |
– 30 April 1958 | Labour |
| Hans Engen Hans Engen Hans Engen was a Norwegian journalist, diplomat and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Ringebu. During the German occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1945, he was a coordinator of the cooperation with the Norwegian government-in-exile and the Norwegian resistance movement... |
1 August 1958 – | Labour | |
| Ministry of Finance | Karl Trasti Karl Trasti Karl Trasti was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.During the third cabinet Gerhardsen he was appointed state secretary to the Minister of Finance in 1955, a post he held one year... |
– 28 December 1956 | Labour |
| Per Kleppe Per Kleppe Per Andreas Hildte Kleppe is a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.As an elected politician he served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in during the term 1954–1957... |
25 February 1957 – 1 March 1962 | Labour | |
| Minister of Defence | Sivert Andreas Nielsen Sivert Andreas Nielsen (1916-2004) Sivert Andreas Nielsen was a Norwegian diplomat, civil servant, state secretary and banker. He is known for shaping Norwegian defense policy in the 1950s, and as ambassador to the United Nations.-Early life and career:... |
1 August 1955 – 31 July 1958 | Labour |
| Erik Himle Erik Himle Erik Himle is a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.Himle graduated with the cand.oecon. degree in 1948, and from the Nato Defence College in 1957... |
1 July 1958 – 17 February 1961 | Labour | |
| Ministry of Industry | Odd Gøthe | – 31 August 1958 | Labour |
| Ministry of Social Affairs | Bjørn Skau Bjørn Skau Bjørn Skau is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.In 1959, during the third cabinet Gerhardsen, he was appointed personal secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs. He was promoted to state secretary in 1961, but lost the position temporarily in 1963, when the cabinet Lyng held office... |
15 December 1961 – | Labour |
| Ministry of Transport and Communications | Halvard Lange Bojer | 1 September 1956 – 1 May 1960 | Labour |
| Robert Nordén Robert Nordén Robert Fredrik Nordén was a Norwegian economist, civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. He was the director of the Norwegian State Railways from 1978 to 1988.... |
15 August 1960 – 6 January 1961 | Labour | |
| Erik Himle Erik Himle Erik Himle is a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.Himle graduated with the cand.oecon. degree in 1948, and from the Nato Defence College in 1957... |
1 January 1962 – | Labour | |
| Ministry of Fisheries | Olaf Marcelius Grønaas | – 4 May 1960 | Labour |
| Finn Bryhni | 15 June 1960 – 5 January 1962 | ||
| Ministry of Agriculture | Thorstein Treholt Thorstein Treholt Thorstein Treholt was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was the father of convicted Norwegian spy Arne Treholt.He was born in Skoger.... |
– 1 September 1957 | Labour |
| Ministry of Church Affairs and Education | Helge Sivertsen Helge Sivertsen Helge Sivertsen was a Norwegian discus thrower and politician. He was born in Mandal, but represented Inderøy IL in athletics competitions. His party affiliation was to the Labour Party.... |
– 1 December 1956 | Labour |
| Enevald Skadsem | 2 September 1960 – | Labour |