Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet governed
Norway
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between 5 November 1945 and 19 November 1951. The
Labour Party (Ap) cabinet was led by
Einar Gerhardsen.
In May 1948, Gerhardsen told
Jens Chr Hauge, that he was considering resigning.
[Njølstad p.352]
Furthermore, as candidates for prime minister, Gerhardsen named Torp,
Sverre Støstad and
Lars Evensen.
[Njølstad p.352]
On 17 June 1948 parliament started its deliberations about the
Helset Case.
[Njølstad p.367] Something Gerhardsen knew, but did not tell parliament, was that he had certain
[Njølstad p.369] evidence, that "either at the US embassy or in the top leadership of Norway's Armed Forces there were people who were willing to leak top secret info about
then minister of defence's conversations with US military attaché, winter and spring 1948, in an attempt to force" the defence minister out of office—with or without the knowledge of
Olaf Helset. Later in 1948
Olaf Helset resigned.
Cabinet members
Notes
References
Gerhardsen 2
Gerhardsen 3
1945 establishments in Norway
1951 disestablishments in Norway
Cabinets established in 1945
Cabinets disestablished in 1951
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