| Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet | |
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 Cabinet of Norway | |
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| Date formed | 5 November 1945 |
| Date dissolved | 19 November 1951 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Haakon VII of Norway |
| Head of government | Einar Gerhardsen |
| No. of ministers | 15 |
| Member party | Labour Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority government 76 / 150 (50.67%)
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| History | |
| Elections | 1945 parliamentary election 1949 parliamentary election |
| Legislature terms | 1945-1949 1949-1953 |
| Predecessor | Gerhardsen's First Cabinet |
| Successor | Torp's Cabinet |
Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 5 November 1945 and 19 November 1951. The Labour Party (Ap) cabinet was led by Einar Gerhardsen.
In May 1948, Gerhardsen told Jens Chr Hauge, that he was considering resigning. Furthermore, as candidates for prime minister, Gerhardsen named Torp, Sverre Støstad and Lars Evensen.
On 17 June 1948 parliament started its deliberations about the Helset Case. Something Gerhardsen knew, but did not tell parliament, was that he had certain evidence, that "either at the US embassy or in the top leadership of Norway's Armed Forces there were people who were willing to leak top secret info about then minister of defence's conversations with US military attaché, winter and spring 1948, in an attempt to force" the defence minister out of office—with or without the knowledge of Olaf Helset. Later in 1948 Olaf Helset resigned.
Cabinet members
Notes
- Acting minister from 18 May to 20 December 1948.
- Leave of absence from 18 May 1948.
- Olav Oksvik was acting minister from 6 December 1947 to 6 March 1948.
- Arne Drogseth was acting minister from 29 June to 11 November 1951.
References
- "Einar Gerhardsen's Second Government". Government.no. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ Njølstad p.352
- Njølstad p.367
- Njølstad p.369
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