List of Prime Ministers of Norway

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This is a list of viceroys (visekonge), governors (rigsstatholder), first ministers (førstestatsråd) and prime ministers (statsminister) of Norway.

Until 1873, the king of the personal union between Sweden and Norway governed Norway through two cabinets: one in Stockholm and another in Christiania (now Oslo). The newly created Stockholm cabinet consisted of a prime minister and two ministers, whose role was to convey the attitudes of the Christiania cabinet to the Swedish king.

The cabinet in Christiania was led by a governor (rigsstatholder). For brief periods, the present crown prince was appointed Viceroy of Norway by the king, in which case the viceroy became the highest authority in Christiania.

Whenever the king was present in Christiania, however, he assumed the highest authority, thus putting the governor or viceroy temporarily out of charge. Likewise, when there was no governor, viceroy or king present in Christiania (which was not unusual), the cabinet was led by a so-called first minister, who was the most prominent member of the cabinet.

In July 1873, the position of governor was abolished after being vacant since 1856. Simultaneously, the post of first minister in Christiania was upgraded to Prime Minister of Norway. Although the office of Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm still existed, the real power and influence over state affairs was moved to the prime minister in Christiania. When the union was dissolved in 1905, the prime minister in Stockholm simply ceased to function.

Governors, Viceroys, and First Ministers (1814-1873)

Governors of Norway (1814-1856)

1. Count Hans Henrik von Essen (1814-1816)
2. Count Carl Carlsson Mörner (1816-1818)
3. Count Johan August Sandels (1818-1827)
4. Count Baltzar von Platen (1827-1829)
5. Count Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg (1836-1840)
6. Severin Løvenskiold (1841-1856)

Viceroys of Norway (periodically 1814-1857)

1. Crown Prince Carl Johan (November 9-November 17, 1814)
2. Crown Prince Carl Johan (June 10-July 16, 1816)
3. Crown Prince Oscar (April 11-November 1, 1824)
4. Crown Prince Oscar (June 17-December 3, 1833)
5. Crown Prince Carl (June 17, 1856-June 22, 1857)

First Ministers of Norway (1814-1873)

1. Frederik Gottschalk Haxthausen (1814)
2. Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz (1814-1815)
3. Mathias Sommerhielm (1815-1822)
4. Jonas Collett (1822-1836)
5. Nicolai Johan Lohmann Krog (1836-1855)
6. Jørgen Herman Vogt (1855-1858)
7. Hans Christian Petersen (1858-1861)
8. Frederik Stang (1861-1873); continued as Prime Minister until 1880

In 1873 the position as First Minister was upgraded to Prime Minister.

Prime Ministers of Norway (1814-1905)

Prime Ministers (1814-1873, in Stockholm)

1. Peder Anker (1814-1822)
2. Mathias Sommerhielm (1822-1827)
3. Severin Løvenskiold (1828-1841)
4. Frederik Due (1841-1858)
5. Georg Sibbern (1858-1871)
6. Christian Bretteville (deputy prime minister 1858-1859 and 1861)
7. Otto Kierulf (1871-1873); stayed as Prime Minister in Stockholm until 1884

In 1873 the office of the Prime Minister moved from Stockholm to Christiania.

Prime Ministers (1873-1905, in Christiania)

1. Frederik Stang (1873-1880); had been First Minister from 1861 to 1873
2. Christian August Selmer (1880-1884); resigned after conviction in the High Court of the Realm
3. Christian Homann Schweigaard (1884)
4. Johan Sverdrup (1884-1889); the founder of Norwegian parliamentarism
5. Emil Stang (1889-1891)
6. Johannes Steen (1891-1893)
7. Emil Stang (1893-1895)
8. Francis Hagerup (1895-1898)
9. Johannes Steen (1898-1902)
10. Otto Blehr (1902-1903)
11. Francis Hagerup (1903-1905)

Prime Ministers in Stockholm (1873-1905)

1. Otto Kierulf (1873-1884); had been Prime Minister from 1871 to 1873
2. Wolfgang Wenzel Haffner (acting prime minister 1884)
3. Carl Otto Løvenskiold (1884)
4. Ole Jørgen Richter (1884-1888)
5. Hans Georg Jacob Stang (1888-1889)
6. Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram (1889-1891)
7. Otto Albert Blehr (1891-1893)
8. Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram (1893-1898)
9. Otto Albert Blehr (1898-1902)
10. Ole Anton Qvam (1902-1903)
11. Sigurd Ibsen (1903-1905)
12. Jørgen Løvland (1905)

Prime Ministers of Norway (1905-present)

In 1905 the union between Sweden and Norway was dissolved. Since then the office of the Prime Minister of Norway has been in Oslo, except from the years of Nazi-German occupation during WWII when the Norwegian government was in exile in London.

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1. Christian Michelsen (1905-1907)
2. Jørgen Løvland (1907-1908)
3. Gunnar Knudsen (1908-1910)
4. Wollert Konow (1910-1912)
5. Jens Bratlie (1912-1913)
6. Gunnar Knudsen (1913-1920)
7. Otto Bahr Halvorsen (1920-1921)
8. Otto Blehr (1921-1923)
9. Otto Bahr Halvorsen (1923)
10. Abraham Berge (1923-1924)
11. Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1924-1926)
12. Ivar Lykke (1926-1928)
13. Christopher Hornsrud (1928)
14. Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1928-1931)
15. Peder Kolstad (1931-1932)
16. Jens Hundseid (1932-1933)
17. Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1933-1935)
18. Johan Nygaardsvold (1935-1945; in exile 1940-1945)
    • In parts of this period (1943-1945) Vidkun Quisling was appointed "Minister President" by the Nazi-German occupants
19. Einar Gerhardsen (1945-1951)
20. Oscar Torp (1951-1955)
21. Einar Gerhardsen (1955-1963)
22. John Lyng (1963)
23. Einar Gerhardsen (1963-1965)
24. Per Borten (1965-1971)
25. Trygve Bratteli (1971-1972)
26. Lars Korvald (1972-1973)
27. Trygve Bratteli (1973-1976)
28. Odvar Nordli (1976-1981)
29. Gro Harlem Brundtland (1981)
30. Kåre Willoch (1981-1986)
31. Gro Harlem Brundtland (1986-1989)
32. Jan P. Syse (1989-1990)
33. Gro Harlem Brundtland (1990-1996)
34. Thorbjørn Jagland (1996-1997)
35. Kjell Magne Bondevik (1997-2000)
36. Jens Stoltenberg (2000-2001)
37. Kjell Magne Bondevik (2001-2005)
38. Jens Stoltenberg (2005-present)

See also

• List of Norwegian monarchs
• List of Norwegian governments

External links

• Norway's Prime Ministers – A pictorial with portraits of Norway's Prime Ministers (Aftenposten)