Michelsen's Cabinet

Michelsen's Cabinet
Cabinet of Norway
The cabinet in 1905. In the front, left to right: Olssøn, Arctander, Michelsen, Løvland, G. Knudsen, Vinje. Behind, left to right: Bothner, Hagerup Bull, Lehmkuhl, Chr. Knudsen.
Date formed	11 March 1905
Date dissolved	23 October 1907
People and organisations
Head of state	Haakon VII of Norway
Head of government	Christian Michelsen
No. of ministers	9
Member party	Coalition Party Conservative Party Liberal Party Moderate Liberal Party
Status in legislature	Grand coalition
History
Election	1906
Legislature term	1906–1907
Predecessor	Hagerup's Second Cabinet
Successor	Løvland's Cabinet

The Michelsen's Cabinet was a Norwegian cabinet, formed by a coalition of the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, the Moderate Liberal Party and the Coalition Party. It governed Norway 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 was a grand coalition of liberals and conservatives set up to handle the transition to full independence in a context of national unity. It had the following composition:

Cabinet members

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	Christian Michelsen	11 March 1905 [a]	23 October 1907		Coalition
Prime Minister in Stockholm	Jørgen Løvland	11 March 1905	7 June 1905		Liberal
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Jørgen Løvland	7 June 1905	23 October 1907		Liberal
Minister of Justice and the Police	Christian Michelsen	11 March 1905	7 June 1905		Coalition
	Edvard Hagerup Bull	7 June 1905	27 November 1905		Conservative
	Harald Bothner	27 November 1905	23 October 1907		Liberal
Minister of Finance and Customs	Gunnar Knudsen	11 March 1905	31 October 1905		Liberal
	Christian Michelsen	31 October 1905	27 November 1905		Coalition
	Edvard Hagerup Bull	27 November 1905	7 November 1906		Conservative
	Abraham Berge	7 November 1906	23 October 1907		Liberal
Minister of Auditing	Gunnar Knudsen	11 March 1905	7 June 1905		Liberal
	Harald Bothner	7 June 1905	27 November 1905		Liberal
	Christian Michelsen	27 November 1905	23 October 1907		Coalition
Minister of Defence	Wilhelm Olssøn	11 March 1905	25 May 1907		Conservative
	Christian Michelsen (acting)	25 May 1907	23 October 1907		Coalition
Minister of Agriculture	Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje	11 March 1905	6 November 1906		Moderate Liberal
	Sven Aarrestad	6 November 1906	23 October 1907		Liberal
Minister of Education and Church Affairs	Christopher Knudsen	11 March 1905	27 January 1906		Conservative
	Otto Jensen	27 January 1906	23 October 1907		Independent
Minister of Trade	Sofus Arctander	11 March 1905	23 October 1907		Liberal
Minister of Labour	Kristofer Lehmkuhl	11 March 1905	28 September 1907		Conservative
	Jørgen Brunchorst	28 September 1907	23 October 1907		Independent
Member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm	Edvard Hagerup Bull	11 March 1905	7 June 1905		Conservative
	Harald Bothner	11 March 1905	7 June 1905		Liberal

Other

The State Secretary title is not to be confused with the modern title State Secretary. The old title State Secretary, used between 1814 and 1925, is now known as Secretary to the Government (Regjeringsråd). ^[1]

• State Secretary:
  • Halfdan Lehmann, – 1 February 1906
  • Nils Otto Hesselberg, 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, in office until the office was abolished in 1906.

References

• Christian Michelsen's Government. 11 March 1905 – 23 October 1907 - Government.no

Notes

1. Sofus Arctander was acting Prime Minister from 31 August to 23 September 1905.

1. Secretary to the Council of State since 1814 - Government.no