Nordli's Cabinet
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Nordli's Cabinet governed Norway
between 15 January 1976 and 4 February 1981. The Labour Party
cabinet was led by Odvar Nordli
. 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 15 January 1976 and 4 February 1981. The 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 was led by Odvar Nordli
Odvar Nordli
is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1976 to 1981.Nordli grew up in Tangen in Stange, Hedmark. After World War II he served in the Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany, part of the Allied forces occupying post-war Germany...
. It had the following composition:
Cabinet members
| Portfolio | Minister | Period | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Odvar Nordli Odvar Nordli is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1976 to 1981.Nordli grew up in Tangen in Stange, Hedmark. After World War II he served in the Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany, part of the Allied forces occupying post-war Germany... |
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 | Knut Frydenlund Knut Frydenlund Knut Frydenlund was a Norwegian diplomat. His most significant achievement was as Norwegian foreign minister between 1973 and 1981, and again between 1986 and 1987.... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Defence | Rolf Hansen Rolf Arthur Hansen Rolf Arthur Hansen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was personal secretary to Minister of Social Affairs 1956-1959, Minister of Defense 1976-1979, and Minister of Environmental Affairs 1979-1981, as well as minister of Nordic cooperation 1980-1981.-References:... |
– 8 October 1979 | Labour |
| Thorvald Stoltenberg Thorvald Stoltenberg Thorvald Stoltenberg is a former Norwegian politician. His ancestors stem from Northern Germany and emigrated to Norway in the 17th century. He served as Minister of Defense and Minister of Foreign Affairs in two Labour governments.From 1989 to 1990 he was appointed Norwegian Ambassador to the UN... |
8 October 1979 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Industry | Bjartmar Gjerde Bjartmar Gjerde Bjartmar Alv Gjerde was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He held several posts as a government minister between 1971 and 1980, and was Norway's first Minister of Petroleum and Energy... |
– 11 January 1978 | Labour |
| Olav Haukvik Olav Haukvik Olav Haukvik was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Industry 1978-1979.-References:... |
11 January 1978 – 8 October 1979 | Labour | |
| Lars Skytøen Lars Skytøen Lars Mauritz Skytøen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Industry 1979-1981.-References:... |
8 October 1979 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Petroleum and Energy | Bjartmar Gjerde Bjartmar Gjerde Bjartmar Alv Gjerde was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He held several posts as a government minister between 1971 and 1980, and was Norway's first Minister of Petroleum and Energy... |
11 January 1978 – 3 October 1980 | Labour |
| Arvid Helmer Johanson Arvid Helmer Johanson Arvid Helmer Johanson was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He served five full terms in the Parliament of Norway, was Norway's second Minister of Petroleum and Energy, and outside of politics he spent most of his career in the newspaper Halden Arbeiderblad.-Early... |
3 October 1980 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Finance and Customs | Per Kleppe Per Kleppe Per Andreas Hildte Kleppe is a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.As an elected politician he served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in during the term 1954–1957... |
– 8 October 1979 | Labour |
| Ulf Oscar Sand Ulf Oscar Sand Ulf Oscar Sand is a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Bærum. He graduated as cand.oecon. from the University of Oslo in 1963... |
8 October 1979 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Local Government and Labour | Leif Jørgen Aune Leif Jørgen Aune Leif Jørgen Aune is a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.From 1971 to 1972, in the first cabinet Bratteli, Aune was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour... |
– 11 January 1978 | Labour |
| Arne Nilsen Arne Nilsen Arne Nilsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Local Government 1978-1979, as well as Minister of Social Affairs 1979-1981 and 1981. Nilsen was President of the Odelsting 1981–1985.-References:... |
11 January 1978 – 8 October 1979 | Labour | |
| Inger Louise Valle Inger Louise Valle Inger Louise Valle was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, particularly noted for her efforts to reform the Norwegian penal system. She is the mother of professor Jan Grund.... |
8 October 1979 – 3 October 1980 | Labour | |
| Harriet Andreassen Harriet Andreassen Harriet Andreassen was a Norwegian labour activist and politician for the Labour Party. Born in Vikna, she was secretary of the union Norsk Arbeidsmandsforbund from 1967 to 1977, and of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1977 to 1985... |
3 October 1980 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Social Affairs | Ruth Anlaug Ryste Ruth Anlaug Ryste Ruth Anlaug Ryste was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.She was born in Bamble. She finished commerce school in 1950, and from 1950 to 1970 she worked with welfare in Bamble municipality. She was a deputy member of Bamble municipal council from 1967 to 1971... |
– 8 October 1979 | Labour |
| Arne Nilsen Arne Nilsen Arne Nilsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Local Government 1978-1979, as well as Minister of Social Affairs 1979-1981 and 1981. Nilsen was President of the Odelsting 1981–1985.-References:... |
8 October 1979 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | Ragnar Christiansen Ragnar Christiansen Ragnar Karl Viktor Christiansen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1958, and was re-elected on four occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1950–1953 and... |
– 11 January 1978 | Labour |
| Asbjørn Jordahl Asbjørn Jordahl Asbjørn Reidar Jordahl is a Norwegian journalist and a politician for the Labour Party. Jordahl worked for the newspaper Tidens Krav in Kristiansund from 1959 to 1967. He represented Møre og Romsdal in the Norwegian Parliament 1977–81, and served as Minister of Transport and Communications... |
11 January 1978 – 8 October 1979 | Labour | |
| Ronald Bye Ronald Bye Ronald Joseph Bye is a former Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Transport and Communications 1978-1981.-References:... |
8 October 1979 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Trade | Hallvard Bakke Hallvard Bakke Hallvard Bakke is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Trade and Shipping 1976-1979, and Minister of Culture 1986-1989. From 2006 to 2010, he was the chairman of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He holds a degree from the Norwegian School of Economics.-References:... |
– 8 October 1979 | Labour |
| Reiulf Steen Reiulf Steen Reiulf Steen is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was active in the Norwegian Labour Party from 1958 to 1990, serving as deputy party chairman from 1965 to 1975 and chairman from 1975 to 1981.... |
8 October 1979 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Fisheries | Eivind Bolle Eivind Bolle Eivind Bolle is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1973, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1969–1973... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Agriculture | Oskar Øksnes Oskar Øksnes Oskar Øksnes was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Kvam, Nord-Trøndelag. An agronomist by education, Øksnes was state secretary to the Minister of Agriculture from 1964 to 1965, during the Gerhardsen's Fourth Cabinet... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Justice and Police | Inger Louise Valle Inger Louise Valle Inger Louise Valle was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, particularly noted for her efforts to reform the Norwegian penal system. She is the mother of professor Jan Grund.... |
– 8 October 1979 | Labour |
| Andreas Zeier Cappelen Andreas Zeier Cappelen Andreas Zeier Cappelen was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Vang, Hedmark.He held a variety of positions in different Norwegian cabinets... |
8 October 1979 – 3 October 1980 | Labour | |
| Oddvar Berrefjord Oddvar Berrefjord Oddvar Berrefjord was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party.He was Minister of Justice and the Police from 1971 to 1972 in the first cabinet Bratteli, and from 1980 to 1981 in the cabinet Nordli... |
3 October 1980 – | Labour | |
| Minister of Consumer Affairs and Administration | Annemarie Lorentzen Annemarie Lorentzen Annemarie Lorentzen, née Olsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was the first female Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications, in addition to being Minister of Consumer Affairs and Administration and Norwegian ambassador to Iceland... |
– 11 January 1978 | Labour |
| Kirsten Myklevoll Kirsten Myklevoll Kirsten Myklevoll was the Norwegian Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs 1978-1979.... |
11 January 1978 – 8 October 1979 | Labour | |
| Sissel Rønbeck Sissel Rønbeck Sissel Marie Rønbeck is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs 1979-1981, Minister of Environmental Affairs 1986-1989, and Minister of Transport and Communications 1996-1997. Between 1981 and 1993 she was a parliamentary representative... |
8 October 1979 – | Labour | |
| Minister for the Law of the Sea | Jens Evensen Jens Evensen Jens Ingebret Evensen was a Norwegian lawyer, judge, politician , trade minister, international offshore rights expert, member of the International Law Commission and judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, member of The Swedish Order of the Polar Star and Commander Of The Royal... |
– 31 December 1978 | Labour |
| Minister of Church Affairs and Education | Kjølv Egeland Kjølv Egeland Kjølv Egeland was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1976-1979.... |
– 8 October 1979 | Labour |
| Einar Førde Einar Førde Einar Førde was the Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1979–1981, and director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1989-2001... |
8 October 1979 – | Labour | |
| Minister of the Environment | Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Harlem Brundtland is a Norwegian Social democratic politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She served three terms as Prime Minister of Norway , and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization... |
– 8 October 1979 | Labour |
| Rolf Arthur Hansen Rolf Arthur Hansen Rolf Arthur Hansen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was personal secretary to Minister of Social Affairs 1956-1959, Minister of Defense 1976-1979, and Minister of Environmental Affairs 1979-1981, as well as minister of Nordic cooperation 1980-1981.-References:... |
8 October 1979 – | Labour |