Michelsen's Cabinet

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.

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 had the following composition:

Cabinet members

Portfolio	Minister	Period[1]	Party
Prime Minister	Christian Michelsen	(Negotiations in Karlstad 31 August 1905 - 23 September 1905)	Liberal
	Sofus Arctander	31 August 1905 - 23 September 1905 (acting)	Liberal
Prime Minister in Stockholm	Jørgen Løvland	– 7 June 1905	Liberal
Member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm	Edvard Hagerup Bull	– 7 June 1905	Conservative
	Harald Bothner	– 7 June 1905	Liberal
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Jørgen Løvland	7 June 1905 –	Liberal
Minister of Defence	Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn	– 25 May 1907	Conservative
	Christian Michelsen	25 May 1907 –	Liberal
Minister of Finance and Customs	Gunnar Knudsen	– 31 October 1905	Liberal
	Christian Michelsen	31 October 1905 – 27 November 1905	Liberal
	Edvard Hagerup Bull	27 November 1905 – 7 November 1906	Conservative
	Abraham Berge	7 November 1906 –	Liberal
Minister of Auditing	Gunnar Knudsen	– 7 June 1905	Liberal
	Harald Bothner	7 June 1905 – 27 November 1905	Liberal
	Christian Michelsen	27 November 1905 –	Liberal
Minister of Trade	Sofus Arctander		Liberal
Minister of Labour	Kristoffer Didrik Lemkuhl	– 28 September 1907	Coalition
	Jørgen Brunchorst	28 September 1907 –	Liberal
Minister of Justice and the Police	Christian Michelsen	– 7 June 1905	Liberal
	Edvard Hagerup Bull	7 June 1905 – 27 November 1905	Conservative
	Harald Bothner	27 November 1905 –	Liberal
Minister of Agriculture	Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje	– 7 November 1906	Moderate
	Sven Aarrestad	7 November 1906 –	Liberal
Minister of Church and Education	Christoffer Knudsen	– 27 January 1906	Conservative
	Otto Jensen	27 January 1906 –	Independent

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).^[2]

• 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. Unless otherwise noted, the period was 11 March 1905 – 23 October 1907
2. Secretary to the Council of State since 1814 - Government.no