Einar Henry Gerhardsen was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was Prime Minister for three periods, 1945–1951, 1955–1963 and 1963–1965. With 17 years in office, he is the longest serving Prime Minister in Norway since the introduction of parliamentarism. Many Norwegians often refer to him as "Landsfaderen" ; he is generally considered one of the main architects of the rebuilding of Norway after World War II. He also served as the second President of the Nordic Council in 1954.
Trygve Martin Bratteli (help·info) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician with the Norwegian Labour Party. He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1971–1972 and 1973–1976. He was President of the Nordic Council in 1978.
Oscar Fredrik Torp (help·info) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was party leader from 1923 to 1945, and mayor of Oslo in 1935 and 1936. In 1935 he became acting Minister of Defence in the government of Johan Nygaardsvold. He was also Minister of Social Affairs from 1936 to 1939, and then Minister of Finance from 1939 to 1942. He was appointed Minister of Defence again in 1942 in the London-based Norwegian exile government. He continued until the election in 1945 when he became Minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction until 1948.
The Labour Party, formerly the Norwegian Labour Party, is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It was the senior partner of the governing red–green coalition from 2005–2013 and its leader Jens Stoltenberg served as Prime Minister. The party is currently led by Jonas Gahr Støre.
Haakon Steen Lie was a Norwegian politician who served as party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1945 to 1969. Coming from humble origins, he became involved in the labour movement at an early age, and quickly rose in the party system. After actively working for the resistance movement and the exiled government during World War II, he was elected to the second-highest position in the party after the war, and his years in office were the most successful in the party's history.
Tove Astri Strand is a Norwegian director and former politician for the Labour Party. She was active in politics between 1963 and 1992, including two periods as a government minister. She headed the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation from 1997 to 2005, and since 2005 she is the director of Ullevål University Hospital.
Kirsten Hansteen was a Norwegian editor and librarian. She was appointed Minister of Social Affairs with Gerhardsen's First Cabinet in 1945 and was the first female member of cabinet in Norway.
Inga Marte Thorkildsen is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). Growing up in Stokke, she was elected to the Norwegian Parliament representing Vestfold in 2001. She served as Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion from 2012 to 2013 when Stoltenberg's cabinet resigned. She lost her seat in the 2013 election.
Gøril Snorroeggen is a former Norwegian handball player, who played for Byåsen and Esbjerg. She comes from an athletic family; her father was active in orienteering and her mother has played for Byåsen I.L., the team in which her elder sister, Marte Snorroeggen also has played for.
Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was the Government of Norway from 17 October 2005 to 16 October 2013. It was a coalition between the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party, known as the Red–Green Coalition. On 9 September 2013, the coalition was defeated in the 2013 election.
The Minister of Children and Family Affairs is a Councilor of State and Chief of Norway's Ministry of Children and Family Affairs. Since 22 January 2019 the position has been held by Kjell Ingolf Ropstad of the Christian Democrats. The ministry is responsible for policy and public operations related to children, youth and families as well as consumer rights. Major agencies subordinate to the ministry include the Consumer Council and the Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs.
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry was a Norwegian ministry responsible for business, trade and industry. On 1 January 2014 it was merged into Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. From 2013 it was led by Monica Mæland, who continued as minister of trade, industry and fisheries from 2014 to 2018.
Gerhardsen's First Cabinet, often called the Unification Cabinet, was a Norwegian government appointed to serve under Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen between 25 June and 5 November 1945, in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Marte Eliasson is a Norwegian team handball player and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with the Norwegian national team. Marte Eliasson played 145 games for the national team during her career, scoring 179 goals.
The Norwegian Skating Association is the main skating authoritative body in Norway. It oversees speed skating, figure skating, short track speed skating on ice and more recently inline and roller skating.
Marte Elden is a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed between 2005 and 2011.
Mina Gerhardsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Gerhardsen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Agenda is a think tank focused on both politics in Norway and international affairs, located in Oslo, Norway. Agenda started activities in August 2014. The think tank is headed by Marte Gerhardsen, a former diplomat and director of DNB ASA and secretary general of Care Norway. Chairman of the Board is the lawyer Geir Lippestad.
Marte Olsbu Røiseland is a Norwegian biathlete and Winter Olympic silver medallist. She resides in Froland.
