The Michelsen's Cabinet was a Norwegian cabinet, formed by a coalition of the Liberal Party, 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 Moderate Liberal Party

Moderate Liberal Party

Moderate Liberal Party was a Norwegian political party that emerged from the conservative branch of the Liberal Party in 1888, consisting mainly of the Low Church...

 and the Coalition Party. It governed Norway

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 11 March 1905 and 23 October 1907. It entered office as part of the build-up for the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905. It had the following composition:

Cabinet members

Portfolio	Minister	Period	Party
Prime Minister	Christian Michelsen Christian Michelsen Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...	(Negotiations in Karlstad 31 August 1905 - 23 September 1905)	Liberal
	Sofus Arctander Sofus Arctander Sofus Anton Birger Arctander was a politician with the Liberal Party of Norway and served as acting Prime Minister of Norway....	31 August 1905 - 23 September 1905 (acting)	Liberal
Prime Minister in Stockholm	Jørgen Løvland Jørgen Løvland Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland was a Norwegian politician and Prime Minister. He was Minister of Labour 1898-1899, 1900-1902 and 1902-1903, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1899-1900, Prime Minister in Stockholm in 1905, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1905 and 1905-1907, Prime Minister...	– 7 June 1905	Liberal
Member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm	Edvard Hagerup Bull	– 7 June 1905	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...
	Harald Bothner Harald Bothner Harald Bothner was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party, born in Halden. He was a district stipendiary magistrate by profession. From 1878–80 he worked as a solicitor in Sarpsborg, before moving to Halden. Bothner became a District Attorney in Stavanger in 1889, and a judge in Stjør- og...	– 7 June 1905	Liberal
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Jørgen Løvland Jørgen Løvland Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland was a Norwegian politician and Prime Minister. He was Minister of Labour 1898-1899, 1900-1902 and 1902-1903, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1899-1900, Prime Minister in Stockholm in 1905, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1905 and 1905-1907, Prime Minister...	7 June 1905 –	Liberal
Minister of Defence	Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn was the Norwegian Minister of Defense 1893-1894, 1895-1898, 1905-1907, and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1894-1895....	– 25 May 1907	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...
	Christian Michelsen Christian Michelsen Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...	25 May 1907 –	Liberal
Minister of Finance and Customs	Gunnar Knudsen Gunnar Knudsen Gunnar Knudsen , born Aanon Gunerius Knudsen, was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party who had two spells as Prime Minister of Norway from 1908 to 1910 and from 1913 to 1920...	– 31 October 1905	Liberal
	Christian Michelsen Christian Michelsen Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...	31 October 1905 – 27 November 1905	Liberal
	Edvard Hagerup Bull	27 November 1905 – 7 November 1906	Conservative
	Abraham Berge Abraham Berge Abraham Theodor Berge was a Norwegian politician representing Venstre, the social liberal party, and later Frisinnede Venstre, a right-of-centre party...	7 November 1906 –	Liberal
Minister of Auditing	Gunnar Knudsen Gunnar Knudsen Gunnar Knudsen , born Aanon Gunerius Knudsen, was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party who had two spells as Prime Minister of Norway from 1908 to 1910 and from 1913 to 1920...	– 7 June 1905	Liberal
	Harald Bothner Harald Bothner Harald Bothner was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party, born in Halden. He was a district stipendiary magistrate by profession. From 1878–80 he worked as a solicitor in Sarpsborg, before moving to Halden. Bothner became a District Attorney in Stavanger in 1889, and a judge in Stjør- og...	7 June 1905 – 27 November 1905	Liberal
	Christian Michelsen Christian Michelsen Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...	27 November 1905 –	Liberal
Minister of Trade	Sofus Arctander Sofus Arctander Sofus Anton Birger Arctander was a politician with the Liberal Party of Norway and served as acting Prime Minister of Norway....		Liberal
Minister of Labour	Kristoffer Didrik Lemkuhl	– 28 September 1907	Coalition
	Jørgen Brunchorst Jørgen Brunchorst Jørgen Brunchorst was a Norwegian natural scientist, politician and diplomat. Brunchorst was born in Bergen, the son of ship builder and –captain Christian Ege Brunchorst and his wife Emma Wesenberg . He specialised in botany at university, and after finishing his Ph.D. in Germany, he became...	28 September 1907 –	Liberal
Minister of Justice and the Police	Christian Michelsen Christian Michelsen Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...	– 7 June 1905	Liberal
	Edvard Hagerup Bull	7 June 1905 – 27 November 1905	Conservative
	Harald Bothner Harald Bothner Harald Bothner was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party, born in Halden. He was a district stipendiary magistrate by profession. From 1878–80 he worked as a solicitor in Sarpsborg, before moving to Halden. Bothner became a District Attorney in Stavanger in 1889, and a judge in Stjør- og...	27 November 1905 –	Liberal
Minister of Agriculture	Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party splinter party Liberale Venstre. A police officer by profession, he was Minister of Agriculture 1905-1906.-References:**...	– 7 November 1906	Moderate Moderate Liberal Party Moderate Liberal Party was a Norwegian political party that emerged from the conservative branch of the Liberal Party in 1888, consisting mainly of the Low Church...
	Sven Aarrestad	7 November 1906 –	Liberal
Minister of Church and Education	Christoffer Knudsen Christoffer Knudsen Christoffer Knudsen was a Norwegian priest and politician for the Conservative Party. He was Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1905 to 1906....	– 27 January 1906	Conservative
	Otto Jensen Otto Jensen Otto Jensen was a Norwegian bishop and politician. He was Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1906 to 1907 and bishop of Hamar from 1917 to 1918....	27 January 1906 –	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...

Other

The State Secretary title is not to be confused with the modern title State Secretary

State Secretary (Norway)

In Norway, a State Secretary is a partisan political position within the executive branch of government. Contrary to the position Secretary of State in many other countries, the Norwegian State Secretary does not head his or her Ministry, rather, they are second in rank to a Minister...

. The old title State Secretary, used between 1814 and 1925, is now known as Secretary to the Government (Regjeringsråd).

• State Secretary:
  • Halfdan Lehmann
    Halfdan Lehmann
    Halfdan Lehmann was a Norwegian state secretary 1879-1906, temporary councillor of state to the Minister of Education and Church Affairs in 1881, temporary Minister of the Navy in 1884, and the appointed Minister of Education and Church Affairs in 1884....
    
    , – 1 February 1906
  • Nils Otto Hesselberg
    Nils Otto Hesselberg
    Nils Otto Hesselberg was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was state secretary 1906-1920 and an appointed councillor of state in 1909.-References:...
    
    , 1 February 1906 –
• Director General in Stockholm
  • August Sibbern, in office until the office was abolished in 1906.
• Secretary to the President of the Norwegian Government
  • Paul Ivar Paulsen
    Paul Ivar Paulsen
    Paul Ivar Paulsen was a Norwegian lawyer and civil servant.He took the cand.jur. degree in 1892. He was hired as an assistant secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1899 and was promoted to deputy under-secretary of state in 1908...
    
    , in office until the office was abolished in 1906.