First cabinet Gerhardsen

First cabinet Gerhardsen, often called the Unification Cabinet ("Samlingsregjeringen"), was a Norwegian government appointed to serve under Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen between July 25 and November 5 1945, in the aftermath of the Second World War.

The preceding Cabinet Nygaardsvold had been appointed nine years earlier, but in 1940, just before scheduled elections, Norway was invaded by Germany, and the government had to flee to London. When the war was over, the cabinet Nygaardsvold abdicated after returning to Norway, and a panpolitical, coalition government was appointed by King Haakon VII to sit until an election for the Storting could be held.

The cabinet is noteworthy in Norwegian political history for being the first one to include a woman, Kirsten Hansteen, who was Minister of Social Affairs, the only one ever to have members from Norway's Communist Party (one of whom was Hansteen), and the only time the Labour Party sat in a coalition government before the present Second cabinet Stoltenberg was appointed in 2005.

Cabinet Nygaardsvold

The cabinet had the following members [cite web |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/om_regjeringen/tidligere/oversikt/ministerier_regjeringer/nyere_tid/regjeringer/Einar-Gerhardsens-forste-regjering-1945.html?id=438716&epslanguage=NO |title=Einar Gerhardsens første regjering 1945 |author=Government of Norway |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2007-07-09]

ee also

* Second cabinet Gerhardsen
* Third cabinet Gerhardsen
* Fourth cabinet Gerhardsen
* Norwegian Council of State
* Government of Norway
* List of Norwegian governments

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