Cabinet Hornsrud
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The Hornsrud's Cabinet governed Norway
between 28 January 1928 to 15 February 1928. The first Labour Party
cabinet in Norway, it was defeated by the other parliamentary parties on a vote of no confidence already after sixteen days.
In its day it was often known as Arbeiderregjeringen, "the workers' cabinet".
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 28 January 1928 to 15 February 1928. The first Labour Party
Norwegian Labour Party
The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
cabinet in Norway, it was defeated by the other parliamentary parties on a vote of no confidence already after sixteen days.
In its day it was often known as Arbeiderregjeringen, "the workers' cabinet".
It had the following composition:
Cabinet members
Portfolio | Minister | Period | Party |
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Prime Minister | Christopher Hornsrud Christopher Hornsrud Christopher Andersen Hornsrud served as Prime Minister of Norway from January to February 1928. He combined the post of prime minister with that of minister of finance. Although his tenure as Prime Minister was brief, his list of political accomplishments is not... |
Labour Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway.... |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | Edvard Bull Edvard Bull Edvard Hagerup Bull was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party.-Personal life:He was born in Bergen as the son of Colonel Jens Munthe Bull and his wife Johanne Margrethe Hagerup . His brother Schak Bull was an architect, and his maternal grandfather was politician Edvard... |
Labour | |
Minister of Defence | Christian Fredrik Monsen Christian Fredrik Monsen Christian Fredrik Monsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and the Communist Party.He was born in Kristiania as a son of Ludvig Monsen and Josefine Aurora Marcelie Dehn... |
Labour | |
Minister of Finance | Christopher Hornsrud Christopher Hornsrud Christopher Andersen Hornsrud served as Prime Minister of Norway from January to February 1928. He combined the post of prime minister with that of minister of finance. Although his tenure as Prime Minister was brief, his list of political accomplishments is not... |
Labour | |
Minister of Trade | Anton Ludvig Alvestad Anton Ludvig Alvestad Anton Ludvig Alvestad was a Norwegian politician and government minister for the Labour Party. Born in Sula, Alvestad was a baker by profession, and owned his own bakery. He was also active in the temperance movement. An active labour politician from an early date, he was among the founding... |
Labour | |
Minister of Labour | Magnus Nilssen Magnus Nilssen Magnus Nilssen was Norwegian politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties.He was born in Lillehammer as a son of shoemaker Mathias Nilssen and his wife Eline Pedersen . He was a first cousin of Marcus Halfdan Kastrud. He finished his appreniceship as a goldsmith in 1889, and... |
Labour | |
Minister of Justice and the Police | Cornelius Holmboe Cornelius Holmboe Cornelius Holmboe was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Justice in 1928.-Personal life:... |
Labour | |
Minister of Social Affairs | Alfred Madsen | Labour | |
Minister of Agriculture | Johan Nygaardsvold Johan Nygaardsvold Johan Nygaardsvold was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1935 to 1945 , as head of the cabinet Nygaardsvold.-Political career:... |
Labour | |
Minister of Church and Education | Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes was Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party and Nasjonal Samling.He was born at Steinnes in Ørsta as a son of farmers Knut Olai Olavsen Steinnes and Berte Sporstøyl . After some years as a laborer he attended Møre Folk High School and then Volda... |
Labour |
Secretary to the Council of State
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