Cabinet Borten
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Borten's Cabinet governed Norway
between 12 October 1965 and 17 March 1971. The cabinet wes led by Per Borten
and consisted of the Conservative Party
, the Centre Party
, the Liberal Party and the Christian Democratic Party. It had the following composition:
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
between 12 October 1965 and 17 March 1971. The cabinet wes led by Per Borten
Per Borten
was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party and Prime Minister of Norway from 1965 to 1971. Per Borten is credited for leading the modernization of what was then named Bondepartiet into today's Centre Party...
and consisted of the Conservative Party
Conservative Party of Norway
The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...
, the Centre Party
Centre Party (Norway)
The Centre Party is a centrist and agrarian political party in Norway, founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.From its...
, the Liberal Party and the Christian Democratic Party. It had the following composition:
Cabinet members
| Portfolio | Minister | Period | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Per Borten Per Borten was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party and Prime Minister of Norway from 1965 to 1971. Per Borten is credited for leading the modernization of what was then named Bondepartiet into today's Centre Party... |
Centre Centre Party (Norway) The Centre Party is a centrist and agrarian political party in Norway, founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.From its... |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | John Lyng John Lyng was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 28 August to 25 September 1963 in a coalition government consisting of the Conservative, Centre, Christian Democratic, and Liberal parties.He was originally a member of the Liberal Left Party, heading the... |
– 22 May 1970 | Conservative Conservative Party of Norway The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s... |
| Svenn Stray Svenn Stray Svenn Thorkild Stray is a retired Norwegian politician active in the Conservative Party of Norway and former foreign minister of Norway.... |
22 May 1970 – | Conservative | |
| Minister of Defence | Otto Grieg Tidemand Otto Grieg Tidemand Otto Grieg Tidemand was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Oslo.From 1965 to 5 June 1970 he served as the Minister of Defence during the centre-right cabinet of Per Borten... |
– 5 June 1970 | Conservative |
| Gunnar Hellesen | 5 June 1970 – | Conservative | |
| Minister of Industry | Sverre Walter Rostoft Sverre Walter Rostoft Sverre Walter Rostoft was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Glemmen.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1954, lost his seat in 1958 but was later re-elected in 1965. In 1965, however, he was appointed Minister of Industry during the... |
Conservative | |
| Minister of Finance and Customs | Ole Myrvoll Ole Myrvoll Ole Myrvoll was a Norwegian professor in economy and politician for the Liberal Party and later the New People's Party.He was born in Kragerø.... |
Liberal | |
| Minister of Wages and Prices | Dagfinn Vårvik Dagfinn Vårvik Dagfinn Vårvik is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.From August to September 1963 he was Minister of Finance during the short-lived centre-right cabinet Lyng... |
Centre | |
| Minister of Local Government and Labour | Helge Seip Helge Seip Helge Seip was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party.He was born in Surnadal. At a young age he became involved in the Young Liberals, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. In the local chapter of Oslo he was a member of the board from 1937 to 1939, and... |
– 29 August 1970 | Liberal |
| Helge Rognlien Helge Rognlien Helge Rognlien was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Oslo. At the outbreak of World War II, Rognlien was a student at the University of Oslo... |
29 August 1970 – | Liberal | |
| Minister of Social Affairs | Egil Aarvik Egil Aarvik Egil Aarvik was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was born in Børsa.-Career:He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1961, and was re-elected on two occasions... |
Christian Democratic | |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | Håkon Kyllingmark | Conservative | |
| Minister of Trade and Shipping | Kåre Willoch Kåre Willoch Kåre Isaachsen Willoch is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He served as Minister of Trade and Shipping in 1963 and 1965–1970, and as Prime Minister of Norway from 1981 to 1986... |
– 5 June 1970 | Conservative |
| Otto Grieg Tidemand Otto Grieg Tidemand Otto Grieg Tidemand was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Oslo.From 1965 to 5 June 1970 he served as the Minister of Defence during the centre-right cabinet of Per Borten... |
5 June 1970 – | Conservative | |
| Minister of Fisheries | Oddmund Myklebust Oddmund Myklebust Oddmund Myklebust was a Norwegian fisher and politician for the Centre Party.He was born in Sandøy.In 1965 he was appointed Minister of Fisheries in the centre-right cabinet Borten... |
– 8 November 1968 | Centre |
| Einar Hole Moxnes | 8 November 1968 – | Centre | |
| Minister of Agriculture | Bjarne Lyngstad Bjarne Lyngstad Bjarne Lyngstad was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Inderøy.From August to September 1963 he served as the Minister of Local Government and Work Affairs during the short-lived centre-right cabinet Lyng... |
– 21 August 1970 | Liberal |
| Hallvard Eika Hallvard Eika Hallvard Eika was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 1969, and was re-elected on one occasion. During his first term he served twice in different cabinets. On 21 August 1970 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture during the... |
21 August 1970 – | Liberal | |
| Minister of Justice and Police | Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer Ragnhild Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party.-Personal life:... |
– 3 October 1970 | Conservative |
| Egil Endresen Egil Endresen Egil Endresen was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Stavanger as a son of Gustav Adolf Emil Endresen and Alida Anda . He took his examen artium 1940, commerce school in 1941 and also took military training as a Captain. He studied law at the University of... |
3 October 1970 – | Conservative | |
| Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs | Elsa Skjerven Elsa Skjerven Elsa R. Skjerven was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.She was born in Oslo.... |
Christian Democratic | |
| Minister of Church Affairs and Education | Kjell Bondevik Kjell Bondevik Kjell Bondevik was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was born in Leikanger. He graduated with the cand.philol. and mag.art. degrees in 1927. He worked as a teacher and headmaster in schools in Oslo, Haugesund and Sauda... |
Christian Democratic |
State Secretaries
| Ministry | State Secretary | Period | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office of the Prime Minister | Odd Bye Odd Bye Odd Bye was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.Bye came from Horg in Sør-Trøndelag. From 1945 he worked as a journalist in different newspapers including Nationen and Dagbladet Rogaland. He also became the chief editor of the Centre Party press office when it was started in 1945 and held... |
29 October 1965 – | Centre |
| Emil Vindsetmo | 26 January 1966 – | Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
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| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Frithjof Jacobsen Frithjof Jacobsen Frithjof Halfdan Jacobsen was a Norwegian diplomat.He was born in South Shields as a son of shipmaster and navy captain Carl Gustav Jacobsen and Frida Mørch . He returned to Norway, where he finished his secondary education in 1932 before studying law at the University of Oslo. He graduated with... |
8 February 1966 – 23 May 1970 | Conservative |
| Kjell Colding Kjell Colding Kjell Colding was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Oslo, and took the cand.jur. degree in his education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1958, and was promoted to assistant secretary in 1967... |
13 June 1970 – | Conservative | |
| Ministry of Finance and Customs | Magne Lerheim Magne Lerheim Magne Lerheim was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party.From 1960 to 1962 he was the leader of the Young Liberals, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. During the short-lived cabinet Lyng in 1963, Lerheim was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of... |
14 February 1966 – 30 April 1967 | Liberal |
| Jon Ola Norbom | 13 February 1967 – 16 October 1969 | Liberal | |
| Leiv Magnus Vidvei Leiv Magnus Vidvei Leiv Magnus Vidvei is a Norwegian economist and politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Time, and took the cand.oecon. degree at the University of Oslo. From 1970 to 1971, during the cabinet Borten, he was a State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Customs... |
20 February 1970 – | Liberal | |
| Ministry of Defence | Arne Gunnar Lund | 15 October 1965 – 1 October 1968 | Conservative |
| Thor Knudsen Thor Knudsen Thor Haakon Knudsen was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Tønsberg.During the cabinet Borten he worked as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Defence from January 26 1970 – January 31 1971. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold in... |
26 January 1970 – 31 January 1971 | Conservative | |
| Jan Tore Odegard | 25 January 1971 – | Conservative | |
| Ministry of Industry | Sigmund Kjos | 25 October 1965 – 30 June 1970 | Conservative |
| Sverre Kongshavn | 1 April 1970 – | Conservative | |
| Ministry of Local Government and Labour | Torstein Slungård Torstein Slungård Torstein Slungård was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party.He was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour from 1965 to August 1969 and October 1969 to 1971, during the cabinet Borten... |
12 November 1965 – 19 August 1969 4 October 1969 – |
Liberal |
| Ministry of Social Affairs | Kåre Kristiansen Kåre Kristiansen Kåre Gudbrand Kristiansen was a Norwegian politician active in the Christian People's Party. Noted as a conservative within his own party, he was known to take controversial positions at odds with the prevailing consensus.Kristiansen was born in Bergen, the son of a lay preacher. Both his parents... |
15 October 1965 – 31 December 1968 | Christian Democratic |
| Per Høybråten Per Høybråten Per Høybråten was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.From 1963 to 1966 he was the chairman of the Youth of the Christian People's Party, the youth wing of the Christian Democratic Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo during the... |
1 November 1968 – | Christian Democratic | |
| Ministry of Transport and Communications | Henrik Johan Lisæth | 13 November 1965 – – 28 September 1966 | Conservative |
| Ola Thorleif Ruud Ola Thorleif Ruud Ola Thorleif Ruud is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party.He was born in Ål, and moved to Oslo to study. He graduated with the cand-.jur. degree in 1951, worked as a deputy judge in Alta, Norway|Alta from 1954 to 1955 before moving back to Ål... |
15 November 1966 – 31 July 1969 29 October 1969 – |
Conservative | |
| Ministry of Trade and Shipping | Kjell Hanssen Kjell Hanssen Kjell Hanssen is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party.He was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Shipping from 1969, during the cabinet Borten. He lost the position in 1971 when the cabinet Borten fell.... |
17 November 1969 – | Conservative |
| Ministry of Fisheries | Ottar Fjærvoll Ottar Fjærvoll Ottar Fjærvoll was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party.He was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Fisheries from 1966 to 1968, during the cabinet Borten. He served as a deputy representative in the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland during the term 1954–1957.-References:... |
1 July 1966 – – – 31 May 1968 | Centre |
| Knut Vartdal Knut Vartdal Knut Vartdal is a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party.He was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Fisheries in 1968 when the cabinet Borten held office. He lost this job when the cabinet fell in 1971, but returned from 1972 to 1973 during the cabinet Korvald... |
15 July 1968 – | Centre | |
| Ministry of Agriculture | Hans Kristian Seip Hans Kristian Seip (forester) Hans Kristian Seip is a Norwegian forester.He was born in Molde. He was a professor at the Norwegian College of Agriculture from 1955 to 1966, State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture from 1966 to 1967 and director in the same ministry from 1967 to 1983. He is a member of the Royal... |
22 August 1966 – 30 June 1967 | Liberal |
| Johan Kleppe Johan Kleppe Johan Kleppe is a Norwegian veterinarian and politician for the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1969, but was not re-elected in 1973... |
1 January 1968 – 31 July 1969 | Liberal | |
| Per E. Vale | 8 December 1969 – | Liberal | |
| Ministry of Justice and Police | Jan P. Syse Jan P. Syse was a lawyer and Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1989 to 1990. He also served as Minister of Industry from 1983 to 1985... |
1 November 1970 – | Conservative |
| Ministry of Church Affairs and Education | Henrik Bargem | 25 October 1965 – 15 October 1969 | Christian Democratic |
| Arnfinn Sørensen | 11 November 1969 – | Christian Democratic |