Paul Ernst Wilhelm Hartmann (12 October 1878 – 5 December 1974) was a Norwegian politician who served in the

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Johan Nygaardsvold Johan Nygaardsvold (; 6 September 1879 – 13 March 1952) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party who served as the 21st prime minister of Norway from 1935 to 1945. From June 1940 until May 1945, he oversaw the Norwegian Government-in-e ...

during

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. He was appointed councilor of state in 1941 and 1942, acting Minister of Finance 1941–1942 and 1942–1945, and member of the government delegation in

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in 1945, as head of the Ministry of Agriculture. After the war, he served as chairman of the board of ''Vinmonopolet'' (The Wine Monopoly) from 1945–53. In 1955, Hartmann published his memoires, titled ''Bak fronten; fra Oslo og London 1939–45'' (Behind the Front, from Oslo and London 1939–45). He was a brother of judge and politician Carl Wilhelm Hartmann.

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1878 births 1974 deaths Government ministers of Norway Ministers of Finance of Norway {{Norway-politician-1870s-stub