Johan Sverdrup was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party. He was the first prime minister of Norway after the introduction of parliamentarism and served as the 4th prime minister of Norway. Sverdrup was prime minister from 1884 to 1889.
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen,better known as Christian Michelsen,was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first prime minister of independent Norway and Norway's 9th prime minister from 1905 to 1907. Michelsen is most known for his central role in the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905,and was one of Norway's most influential politicians of his time.
Wollert Konow was the 12th prime minister of Norway from 1910 to 1912. He was the leader of a coalition cabinet. Konow's time as Prime Minister saw the extension of accident insurance to seamen in 1911.
Otto Albert Blehr was a Norwegian attorney and newspaper editor. He served as a politician representing the Liberal Party. He was the 8th prime minister of Norway from 1902 to 1903 during the Union between Sweden and Norway and from 1921 to 1923 following the Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
Emil Stang was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He served as the 5th prime minister of Norway from 1889–1891 and again from 1893–1895. He also served as the first leader of the Conservative Party from 1884–1889,1891–1893 and 1896–1899.
Christian Homann Schweigaard was a Norwegian politician of the Conservative Party. He served as the 3rd prime minister for two months in 1884,a period after the impeachment of his predecessor Christian August Selmer called Schweigaard's Ministerium. Schweigaard held a number of key positions,including Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1889–1891 and 1893–1896,as well as Parliamentary Leader from 1889–1891 and 1894–1895. He was Emil Stang's indispensable partner,leading the Conservative Party's policy and organizational development in the 1880s and 1890s.
Carl Christian Berner was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1891–92,and Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1892–93.
Edvard Hagerup Bull was a Norwegian jurist and assessor of the Supreme Court of Norway. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament and government official with the Conservative Party of Norway.
Birger Kildal was a Norwegian attorney and businessman. He served as politician with the Liberal Party and was appointed District Governor in Romsdal.
Christian Pierre Mathiesen was a Norwegian landowner and politician for the Conservative Party.
Ole Anton Qvam was a Norwegian lawyer and Liberal politician,who was the Norwegian minister of Justice 1891–1893,1898–1899 and 1900–1902,minister of the Interior 1899–1900,as well as head of the ministry of Auditing,ministry of Agriculture and ministry of Justice in 1900,and Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm 1902–1903.
Herman Carsten Johannes Scheel was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party.
Edmund Theobald Harbitz was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party. He chaired the party from 1905 to 1908,and served as mayor of Oslo from 1899 to 1901.
The Norwegian Association for Women's Rights is Norway's oldest and preeminent women's and girls' rights organization and works "to promote gender equality and all women's and girls' human rights through political and legal reform within the framework of liberal democracy." Founded in 1884,NKF is Norway's oldest political organization after the Liberal Party. NKF stands for an inclusive,intersectional and progressive liberal feminism and has always been open to everyone regardless of gender. Headquartered at Majorstuen,Oslo,NKF consists of a national-level association as well as regional chapters based in the larger cities,and is led by a national executive board. NKF has had a central role in the adoption of all major gender equality legislation and reforms since 1884.
Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram was a Norwegian jurist and politician,and international arbitrator. He was a Supreme Court Assessor,Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm from 1889 to 1891 and from 1893 to 1898 and County Governor from 1898 to 1915.
Anna Georgine Rogstad was a Norwegian politician,women's rights activist and educator. A member of the conservative-liberal Liberal Left Party,she was Norway's first female Member of Parliament. A teacher by profession,Rogstad was deeply involved in the educational policies of the nation. She was a prominent leader in the women's rights movement and the campaign for women's right to vote,and was a co-founder and board member of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights and board member of the Association for Women's Suffrage. In 1911 she met in parliament as a deputy representative for Jens Bratlie,and held this position full-time after Bratlie became Prime Minister in 1912.
Jørgine Anna Sverdrup"Gina" Krog was a Norwegian suffragist,teacher,liberal politician,writer and editor. She played a central role in the Norwegian women's movement from the 1880s until her death,notably as a leading campaigner for women's right to vote. In 1884,Krog co-founded the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights with liberal MP Hagbart Berner. Over the next two decades,Krog co-founded the Women's Voting Association,the National Association for Women's Suffrage,and the Norwegian National Women's Council,spearheading the presentation of women's suffrage proposals to the Storting. Krog wrote articles and gave speeches,travelling throughout Europe and North America to attend international women's rights conferences. She was editor of the Norwegian feminist periodical Nylænde from 1887 until her death in 1916. She was an early member of the Liberal Party and served as a deputy member of its national board. Krog was strongly inspired by the American liberal women's rights movement spearheaded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Randi Marie Blehr was a Norwegian feminist,liberal politician,suffragist,peace activist and women's rights activist. She was married to Prime Minister of Norway Otto Blehr,and was therefore addressed as "Madam Prime Minister" during her lifetime. She was one of the preeminent leaders of the Norwegian women's rights movement from the 1880s and co-counded the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights,serving as its President from 1895 to 1899 and from 1903 to 1922. She also initiated the establishment of the Norwegian Women's Public Health Association that grew to become a humanitarian organisation with 250,000 members. She was a leading advocate of Norwegian independence from Sweden and took on representative duties for Norway during her husband's tenure as Prime Minister.
Bolette Margrethe Gjør,née Nissen was a Norwegian writer and inner missionary.
Fredrikke Marie Qvam was a Norwegian humanitarian leader,feminist,liberal politician and the wife of Prime Minister Ole Anton Qvam. She was the founder (1896) of the Norwegian Women's Public Health Association that grew to become Norway's largest women's organisation with 250,000 members,and served as its first President from 1896 to 1933,and as its Honorary President from 1933 until her death. She also served as President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights from 1899 to 1903. She was widely regarded as one of the most influential and successful political lobbyists of her time,and was described in the journal Samtiden in 1915 as the "Queen of the corridors." She was addressed as "Madam Cabinet Minister" and later as "Madam Prime Minister",using her husband's titles.
