- First cabinet Gerhardsen
First cabinet Gerhardsen, often called the Unification Cabinet ("Samlingsregjeringen"), was a Norwegian government appointed to serve under Prime Minister
Einar Gerhardsen betweenJuly 25 andNovember 5 1945 , in the aftermath of the Second World War.The preceding
Cabinet Nygaardsvold had been appointed nine years earlier, but in1940 , just before scheduled elections, Norway was invaded by Germany, and the government had to flee toLondon . When the war was over, the cabinet Nygaardsvold abdicated after returning to Norway, and a panpolitical, coalition government was appointed by King Haakon VII to sit until an election for theStorting could be held.The cabinet is noteworthy in Norwegian political history for being the first one to include a woman,
Kirsten Hansteen , who was Minister of Social Affairs, the only one ever to have members from Norway's Communist Party (one of whom was Hansteen), and the only time the Labour Party sat in acoalition government before the presentSecond cabinet Stoltenberg was appointed in2005 .Cabinet Nygaardsvold
The cabinet had the following members [cite web |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/om_regjeringen/tidligere/oversikt/ministerier_regjeringer/nyere_tid/regjeringer/Einar-Gerhardsens-forste-regjering-1945.html?id=438716&epslanguage=NO |title=Einar Gerhardsens første regjering 1945 |author=
Government of Norway |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2007-07-09]ee also
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Second cabinet Gerhardsen
*Third cabinet Gerhardsen
*Fourth cabinet Gerhardsen
*Norwegian Council of State
*Government of Norway
*List of Norwegian governments References
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