Michelsen's Cabinet

The Michelsen's Cabinet was a Norwegian cabinet, formed by a coalition of the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, the Moderate Liberal Party and the Coalition Party. It governed Norway between 11 March 1905 and 23 October 1907. It entered office as part of the build-up for the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905. It had the following composition:

Michelsen's Cabinet

Cabinet of Norway
The cabinet in 1905. In the front, left to right: Olssøn, Arctander, Michelsen, Løvland, G. Knudsen, Vinje. Behind, left to right: Bothner, Hagerup Bull, Lehmkuhl, Chr. Knudsen.
Date formed11 March 1905
Date dissolved23 October 1907
People and organisations
Head of stateHaakon VII of Norway
Head of governmentChristian Michelsen
No. of ministers9
Member partyCoalition Party
Conservative Party
Liberal Party
Moderate Liberal Party
Status in legislatureMajority
History
PredecessorHagerup's Second Cabinet
SuccessorLøvland's Cabinet

Cabinet members

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Prime Minister Christian Michelsen11 March 1905[lower-alpha 1]23 October 1907Coalition
Prime Minister in Stockholm Jørgen Løvland11 March 19057 June 1905Liberal
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jørgen Løvland7 June 190523 October 1907Liberal
Minister of Justice and the Police Christian Michelsen11 March 19057 June 1905Coalition
 Edvard Hagerup Bull7 June 190527 November 1905Conservative
 Harald Bothner27 November 190523 October 1907Liberal
Minister of Finance and Customs Gunnar Knudsen11 March 190531 October 1905Liberal
 Christian Michelsen31 October 190527 November 1905Coalition
 Edvard Hagerup Bull27 November 19057 November 1906Conservative
 Abraham Berge7 November 190623 October 1907Liberal
Minister of Auditing Gunnar Knudsen11 March 19057 June 1905Liberal
 Harald Bothner7 June 190527 November 1905Liberal
 Christian Michelsen27 November 190523 October 1907Coalition
Minister of Defence Wilhelm Olssøn11 March 190525 May 1907Conservative
 Christian Michelsen (acting)25 May 190723 October 1907Coalition
Minister of Agriculture Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje11 March 19056 November 1906Moderate Liberal
 Sven Aarrestad6 November 190623 October 1907Liberal
Minister of Education and Church Affairs Christopher Knudsen11 March 190527 January 1906Conservative
 Otto Jensen27 January 190623 October 1907Independent
Minister of Trade Sofus Arctander11 March 190523 October 1907Liberal
Minister of Labour Kristofer Lehmkuhl11 March 190528 September 1907Conservative
 Jørgen Brunchorst28 September 190723 October 1907Independent
Member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm Edvard Hagerup Bull11 March 19057 June 1905Conservative
 Harald Bothner11 March 19057 June 1905Liberal

Other

The State Secretary title is not to be confused with the modern title State Secretary. The old title State Secretary, used between 1814 and 1925, is now known as Secretary to the Government (Regjeringsråd).[1]

  • State Secretary:
  • Director General in Stockholm
    • August Sibbern, in office until the office was abolished in 1906.
  • Secretary to the President of the Norwegian Government

References

Notes

  1. Sofus Arctander was acting Prime Minister from 31 August to 23 September 1905.


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