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Torp's Cabinet
Torp's Cabinet governed Norway between 19 November 1951 and 22 January 1955. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Oscar Torp Oscar Fredrik Torp (, 8 June 1893 – 1 May 1958) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was party leader from 1923 to 1945, and mayor of Oslo in 1935 and 1936. In 1935 he became the acting minister of Defence in the governm .... The cabinet was succeeded by Einar Gerhardsen's third cabinet after the Labour Party wanted to swap prime minister. Cabinet members Notes References Torp Torp 1951 establishments in Norway 1955 disestablishments in Norway Cabinets established in 1951 Cabinets disestablished in 1955 {{norway-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Christian Hauge
Jens Christian Hauge (15 May 1915 – 30 October 2006) was a Norwegian who was leader within the World War II resistance—and one of the two incumbent Milorg Council members in May 1945. Njølstad p.125 He served as Minister of Defence from 1945-1952 and Minister of Justice from January to November 1955. After 1955 he never held political office, but "continued to exert influence on political processes—sometimes openly",Njølstad p.710 and sometimes less so. He is also controversial, and has been criticised for not giving more information regarding central parts of the Milorg activities, such as assassinations of Norwegian collaborators. Early life He was born at Ljan, and he had an older sister Aase. Their mother was a school teacher of hand craft, and the father was son of a cotter. Jens Chr. Hauge's father was a former non-commissioned officer, who worked in an insurance company. Military service as a conscript He was a conscript in Stavern in the summer of 1936, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Labour And Social Inclusion
The Norwegian Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion is the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion. The position has existed since 1 January 1846, when the Ministry of the Interior was created. Several different names have been used since then, with three name changes after 2000. The incumbent minister is Marte Mjøs Persen of the Labour Party (Norway), Labour Party. From 1992 to 2001 there was also a Minister of Health position in the ministry. List of ministers Parties Ministry of the Interior (1846–1903) Ministry of Social Affairs, Trade, Industry and Fisheries (1913–1916) Ministry of Social Affairs (1916–2005) Ministry of Labour (1885–1946) The labour tasks were transferred to the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (Norway), Ministry of Local Government in 1948, where it was until 1989 and again from 1992 to 1997. Labour responsibilities were returned to social affairs in 2002, and inclusion was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birger Bergersen
Birger Martin Bergersen (25 July 1891 – 14 July 1977) was a Norwegian anatomist and politician for the Labour Party. He notably served as a professor (1932–1947) and rector (1938–1945) of ''Norges tannlegehøgskole'', Norway's ambassador to Sweden (1947–1953), Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs (1953–1960) and chairman of the International Whaling Commission. Early life and education He was born in Kvæfjord as a son of teacher Hans Christian Bergersen (1835–1925) and his wife Ingeborg Kristine Heitmann (1848–1938). He finished his secondary education in 1909, and was hired as a journalist in ''Social-Demokraten'' in 1910. He took a teacher's education in 1915, and after working one year as a teacher, he enrolled at the Royal Frederick University to study medicine. After two years he switched to zoology, and he graduated with the cand.real. degree in 1925. His advisor for the master's degree was Kristine Bonnevie, and his thesis was translated, short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Magnus Moen
Lars Magnus Moen (29 November 1885 – 22 April 1964) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party who served as Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1948 to 1953. He also served in the Storting from 1928 to 1957, spanning 30 years. Biography Moen was born in 1885 in Lesja, Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The c ..., to Tore Ingebrigtsen Moen and Marie Larsdotter Dale. When he was four, the family moved to the square Moen, and it was from here he had his name. After primary and secondary school, Lars traveled to Lillehammer to attend tailoring. It was probably here that he first met the young workers' movement who had come here in connection with the development of the railway. After some time at Elverum, where Moen found his wife, he came to Dombås a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Education And Research (Norway)
The Royal Ministry of Education and Research ( no, Det kongelige kunnskapsdepartement; short name ''Kunnskapsdepartementet'') is a Norwegian government ministry responsible for education, research, kindergartens and integration. The ministry was established in 1814 as the Royal Ministry of Church and Education Affairs. The current Minister of Education is Tonje Brenna of the Labour Party and the current Minister of Research and Higher Education is Ola Borten Moe of the Centre Party. The department reports to the legislature (Stortinget). History The ministry was established in 1814, following the dissolution of Denmark–Norway, in which the joint central government administration of the two formally separate but closely integrated kingdoms, had been based in Copenhagen. Originally named the Ministry of Church and Education Affairs, the ministry was the first of six government ministries established in 1814, and was also known as the First Ministry. The other ministries were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrik Olsen
Johan Ulrik Olsen (2 August 1885 – 4 October 1963) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Hitteren as a son of farmer Peder Olsen (1847–1933) og Dorothea Hesnes (1848–1931). 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. He was involved in the local branch of the International Organisation of Good Templars, from 1917 to 1918 he was a board member of Norges kooperative landsforening, and from 1913 to 1940 and 1945 to 1947 he was the board chairman of the local newspaper ''Tidens Krav''. He was a member of Kristiansund city council from 1913 to 1951, serving as mayor from 1934 to 1940 and 1945 to 1947. He also chaired the city school board from 1928 to 1933. Olsen was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1933, representing the constituency Market towns of Møre og Romsdal county. He was re-elected five times, ending his last term in 1961. From 1948 to 1958 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Local Government And Regional Development (Norway)
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development ( no, Kommunal- og regionaldepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1948. It is responsible for the housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal and county administration and finances, and the conduct of elections. It is headed by the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development. Organization The ministry has 190 employees and is divided into five departments: * The Department of Local Government * The Department of Regional Development * The Housing and Building Department Political staff * Minister Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa ( Centre Party) * State Secretary Janne Sjelmo Nordås (Centre Party) * State Secretary Dag-Henrik Sandbakken (Centre Party) * Political Adviser Lars Erik Bartnes (Centre Party) Subsidiaries * Norwegian State Housing Bank, or ''Husbanken'', issues loans for housing. * National Office of Building Technology and Administration, or ''Statens bygningstek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Martin Pettersen
Jakob Martin Pettersen (11 April 1899 – 8 February 1970) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and Minister of Transport and Communications 1952–1955. Born in Bergen to a factory worker and his wife, Pettersen studied chemistry at Bergen tekniske skole (now part of Bergen University College). He started working in Odda in 1921; from 1924 to 1945 he worked as a chemist at Odda Smelteverk. Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 29 September 2013 In 1928, he became a member of the municipal council of Odda and he served as vice-mayor from 1932 to 1940. He was elected mayor in 1945 and held the position to 1947. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1945 and served to 1965; from 1959 as vice-pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Transport And Communications (Norway)
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Transportation (; ) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1946, and is responsible for transportation in Norway. The ministry was responsible for communication infrastructure until may 2019, when the responsibility for the Norwegian Communications Authority was transferred to Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. Since October 2021, the ministry has been headed by Jon-Ivar Nygård ( Labour Party). The department must report to the parliament (Stortinget). Organization The ministry has 135 employees and is divided into the following sections: * Political staff * Communication Unit * Department of Management, Administration and Public Safety and Security * Department of Civil Aviation, Postal services and Procurement of Non-Commercial Transport * Department of Planning and Rail transport * Department of Coastal Affairs and Environment * Department of Public Roads, Urban Mobility and Traffic Safety Political staff * State Secretary I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Adolf Sjaastad
Gustav Adolf Sjaastad (6 April 1902 – 7 May 1964) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Justice from 1954–1955 and Minister of Industry from 1955–1959, and also as County Governor of Nord-Trøndelag from 1959–1964. Early life and career He was born in Skogn as a son of farmer Olaf Herman Sjaastad (1869–1944) and Marta Fostad (1870–1933). He enrolled as a student in 1922, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1926. He opened an attorney's office in Namsos in 1927. From 1933 he was a barrister, with access to work with Supreme Court cases. He was a member of the executive committee of Namsos municipal council from 1927 to 1934, representing the Liberal Party, whose local party chapter he chaired from 1927 to 1931. In 1935 he opened a lawyer's office in Oslo. During World War II he was a member of the Norwegian resistance movement. He was arrested in December 1940 for "spying", and was imprisoned until May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Christian Gundersen
Oscar Christian Gundersen (17 March 1908 – 21 February 1991) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. During his student days he was a member of Mot Dag. Gundersen graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1931. During Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet he was appointed Minister of Justice and the Police, a post he a year into the new Torp's Cabinet. He left in 1952 and became a Supreme Court Justice the next year. In 1958 he left that position to become Norwegian ambassador to the Soviet Union, a post he held until 1961. He was then appointed Minister of Trade and Shipping from 1962 to 1963 during the third cabinet Gerhardsen. In August 1963 the cabinet Lyng assumed office, but a fourth cabinet Gerhardsen returned to power a month later. Gundersen was now Minister of Justice and the Police again, a post he held until the fourth cabinet Gerhardsen fell in 1965. He worked as a Supreme Court Justice for the second time, from 1967 to 1977. From 1970 to 1973 he chaired the commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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