Einar Henry Gerhardsen was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was the 22nd prime minister of Norway for three periods,1945–1951,1955–1963 and 1963–1965. With totally 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 post-war rebuilding of Norway after World War II. He also served as the second President of the Nordic Council in 1954.
Lars Korvald (help·info) was a Norwegian educator and school headmaster. He became associated with the Christian Democratic Party and was elected to the Norwegian Parliament. He served as the 27th prime minister of Norway from 1972 to 1973,leading the cabinet that took over when Trygve Bratteli resigned in the wake of the first referendum over Norway's membership in the European Economic Community.
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 the acting minister of Defence in the government of Johan Nygaardsvold. He was also the minister of Social Affairs from 1936 to 1939,and then the 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 the minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction until 1948.
The Labour Party,formerly The Norwegian Labour Party,is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centre-left of the political spectrum,and is led by Jonas Gahr Støre. It was the senior partner of the governing red–green coalition from 2005 to 2013,and its former leader Jens Stoltenberg served as the prime minister of Norway.
Lars Samuel Myhrer Evensen was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician. He belonged to the Communist Party in the 1920s,but later joined the Labour Party. He was also deputy chairman of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. After the Second World War he served for many years as Minister of Industry.
Alv Jakob Fostervoll was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as Norwegian Minister of Defence and Governor of Møre og Romsdal.
Kaare Fostervoll was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party. From 1949 to 1962 he was the director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).
Jens Haugland was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party.
Olav Meisdalshagen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party best known for serving as the Norwegian Minister of Finance from December 1947 to November 1951 and as the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture from January 1955 to May 1956. He was also a Member of Parliament for a long time,being elected for the first time in parliamentary election of 1936 and serving until his death,except for the period between 1940 and 1945 when the Parliament of Norway was de facto defunct due to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. His death in 1959 came halfway through his fifth term in Parliament,and shortly after a parliamentary speech.
Events in the year 1972 in Norway.
Events in the year 1951 in Norway.
Olaf Solumsmoen was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.
Jens Mogens Boyesen was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Labour Party.
Randi Helene Bratteli was a Norwegian journalist.
Olav Larssen was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Communist parties.
Events in the year 1955 in Norway.
Trygve Friis Bull was a Norwegian lecturer and politician. He was a member of Mot Dag in the 1920s and 1930s,and contributed to the magazines Mot Dag,Clarté and Kontakt. During World War II he was imprisoned by the Germans,and incarcerated at the Grini and Sachsenhausen concentration camps. He was a politician for the Labour Party,a deputy representative to the Storting from 1957 to 1969,and later a politician for the Socialist Left Party. He was a member of the committee Norsk Språknemnd from its establishment in 1952 until 1972,and Norsk språkråd from 1972 to 1981.
Aaslaug Aasland was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs from 1948 to 1953.
Konrad Mathias Nordahl was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He was the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1939 to 1965,and an MP from 1958 to 1965.
Jonas Brunvoll was a Norwegian opera singer and actor.
Trygve Martin Bratteli (help·info) (11 January 1910 – 20 November 1984) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician with the Norwegian Labour Party. He served as the 26th prime minister of Norway from 1971 to 1972 and again from 1973 to 1976. He was president of the Nordic Council in 1978. [1] 
