Gerhardsen's First Cabinet, often called the Unification Cabinet ( no, Samlingsregjeringen), was a

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appointed to serve under

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Einar Gerhardsen Einar Henry Gerhardsen (; 10 May 1897 – 19 September 1987) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was the 22nd prime minister of Norway for three periods, 1945–1951, 1955–1963 and 1963–1965. With totally 17 years in ...

between 25 June and 5 November 1945, in the aftermath of the Second World War. The preceding

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had been appointed nine years earlier, but in 1940, just before scheduled elections, Norway was invaded by Germany, and the government had to flee to

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. When the war was over, Nygaardsvold's Cabinet abdicated after returning to Norway, and a panpolitical, coalition government was appointed by

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to sit until an election for the

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could be held. The cabinet is noteworthy in Norwegian political history for being the first one to include a woman,

Kirsten Hansteen Kirsten Hansteen (5 January 1903 – 17 November 1974) was a Norwegian editor and librarian. She was appointed Minister of Social Affairs with Gerhardsen's First Cabinet in 1945 and was the first female member of cabinet in Norway. Biography S ...

, who was Consultative Councillor of State in the Ministry of Social Affairs, the only one ever to have members from the Communist Party of Norway (one of whom was Hansteen), and the only time the Labour Party sat in a

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before

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was appointed in 2005.

Cabinet

The cabinet had the following members:

References

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