Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet

Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 5 November 1945 and 19 November 1951. The Labour Party (Ap) cabinet was led by Einar Gerhardsen.[1]

Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet

Cabinet of Norway
Date formed5 November 1945
Date dissolved19 November 1951
People and organisations
Head of stateHaakon VII of Norway
Head of governmentEinar Gerhardsen
No. of ministers15
Member partyLabour Party
Status in legislatureMajority
History
Election(s)1945 parliamentary election
1949 parliamentary election
Legislature term(s)1945-1949
1949-1953
PredecessorGerhardsen's First Cabinet
SuccessorTorp's Cabinet

In May 1948, Gerhardsen told Jens Chr Hauge, that he was considering resigning.[2] Furthermore, as candidates for prime minister, Gerhardsen named Torp, Sverre Støstad and Lars Evensen.[2]

On 17 June 1948 parliament started its deliberations about the Helset Case.[3] (Something Gerhardsen knew, but did not tell parliament, was that he had certain[4] evidence that "either at the US embassy or in the top leadership of Norway's Armed Forces there were people who were willing to leak top secret info about then minister of defence's conversations with US military attaché, winter and spring 1948, in an attempt to force" the defence minister out of office—with or without the knowledge of Olaf Helset. Later in 1948 Olaf Helset resigned.

Cabinet members
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen5 November 194519 November 1951Labour
Minister of Foreign Affairs Trygve Lie5 November 19452 February 1946Labour
 Halvard Lange2 February 194619 November 1951Labour
Minister of Finance and Customs Erik Brofoss5 November 19456 December 1947Labour
 Olav Meisdalshagen6 December 194719 November 1951Labour
Minister of Defence Jens Christian Hauge5 November 194519 November 1951Labour
Minister of Justice and the Police O. C. Gundersen5 November 194519 November 1951Labour
Minister of Transport and Communications Nils Langhelle22 February 194619 November 1951Labour
Minister of Local Government and Labour Ulrik Olsen20 December 194819 November 1951Labour
Minister of Education and Church Affairs Kaare Fostervoll5 November 194528 June 1948Labour
 Lars Moen28 June 194819 November 1951Labour
Minister of Labour Nils Langhelle5 November 194522 February 1946Labour
Minister of Social Affairs Sven Oftedal[lower-alpha 1]5 November 194523 June 1948Labour
 Aaslaug Aasland[lower-alpha 2]20 December 194819 November 1951Labour
Minister of Agriculture Kristian Fjeld[lower-alpha 3]5 November 194519 November 1951Labour
Minister of Industry Lars Evensen[lower-alpha 4]6 December 194719 November 1951Labour
Minister of Trade and Shipping Erik Brofoss6 December 194719 November 1951Labour
Minister of Fisheries Reidar Carlsen1 July 194619 November 1951Labour
Minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction Oscar Torp5 November 194510 January 1948Labour
 Nils Hønsvald10 January 194814 September 1950Labour
Consulative Minister Aaslaug Aasland5 November 194520 December 1948Labour
 Peder Holt5 November 194530 June 1948Labour
 Reidar Carlsen5 November 19451 July 1946Labour

Notes
  1. Leave of absence from 18 May 1948.
  2. Acting minister from 18 May to 20 December 1948.
  3. Olav Oksvik was acting minister from 6 December 1947 to 6 March 1948.
  4. Arne Drogseth was acting minister from 29 June to 11 November 1951.
gollark: Also the concept of hats.
gollark: I vote for the colour blue.
gollark: I nominate myself for supreme overlord of all mankind.
gollark: It is probably not illegal to try and meddle with the firmware of routers you own, and honestly if it was I would consider that unjust and ignore it.
gollark: Because I have no idea about the answer.

References
  1. "Einar Gerhardsen's Second Government". Government.no. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  2. Njølstad p.352
  3. Njølstad p.367
  4. Njølstad p.369


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