Selmer's Cabinet
Norwegian government
The Selmer Cabinet governed Norway between 11 October 1880 and 1 March 1884. It was led by Christian Selmer. All but three of the cabinet's ministers were impeached after a dispute about whether or not the cabinet should be required to meet in the Storting.[1] This decision effectively led to the introduction of parliamentarism in Norway.[2] The impeachment of the Selmer Cabinet was also the last time a Norwegian politician was convicted after being impeached, as Prime Minister Abraham Berge was found not guilty after his 1926 impeachment.
Cabinet Members
Portfolio | Minister | Period[3] | Party[4] |
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Prime Minister | Christian August Selmer | Conservative | |
Prime Minister in Stockholm | Otto Richard Kierulf | Independent | |
Member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm | Ole Andreas Bachke | – 15 November 1881 | Independent |
Rasmus Tønder Nissen | 15 November 1880 – 15 October 1881 | Independent | |
Jacob Lerche Johansen | 11 November 1881 – 15 September 1882 | Independent | |
Christian Homann Schweigaard | 15 September 1882 – 15 September 1883 | Conservative | |
Niels Petersen Vogt | 15 September 1882 – 15 September 1883 | Independent | |
Jens Holmboe | 15 September 1883 – 26 March 1884 | Conservative | |
Henrik Laurentius Helliesen | 15 September 1883 – 26 March 1884 | Conservative | |
Nils Christian Egede Hertzberg | 26 March – 3 April 1884 | Conservative | |
Minister of the Army | Adolph Frederik Munthe | Independent | |
Minister of the Navy | Jacob Lerche Johansen | – 11 November 1881, 15 September 1882 - 21 March 1884 | Independent |
Jens Holmboe | 15 November 1881 - 15 September 1882 | Conservative | |
Minister of Finance and Customs | Henrik Laurentius Helliesen | – 15 September 1883 | Conservative |
Christian Homann Schweigaard | 15 September 1883 - 3 April 1884 | Conservative | |
Minister of Auditing | Christian Jensen | – 22 December 1880 | Independent |
Christian Homann Schweigaard | 22 December 1880 - 16 September 1881, 26 September 1881 - September 1882 | Conservative | |
Frederik Christian Stoud Platou | 16 - 26 September 1881 | Independent | |
Ole Andreas Bachke | September 1882 - 26 March 1884 | Independent | |
Johan Christian Collett | 26 March - 3 April 1884 | Independent | |
Minister of the Interior | Nils Vogt | – 15 September 1882, 15 September 1883 - 21 March 1884 | Conservative |
Christian Jensen | 15 September 1882 – 15 September 1883 | Independent | |
Minister of Justice and the Police | Christian Jensen | – 15 September 1881, 15 September 1883 - 26 March 1884 | Independent |
Christian Homann Schweigaard | 15 November 1881 - 15 November 1881 | Conservative | |
Ole Andreas Bachke | 15 November 1881 - 15 September 1882 | Independent | |
Jens Holmboe | 15 September 1882 - 15 September 1883 | Conservative | |
Minister of Church and Education | Rasmus Tønder Nissen | – 15 November 1880, 15 October 1881 - 19 January 1882 | Independent |
Jens Holboe | 15 November 1880 - 16 September 1881 | Conservative | |
Halfdan Lehmann | 16 September 1881 - 15 October 1881, 29 March - 3 April 1884 | Independent | |
Nils Christian Egede Hertzberg | 30 January 1882 - 21 March 1884 | Conservative | |
Henrik Laurentius Helliesen | 21 March 1884 - 29 March 1884 | Conservative |
References
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- Cabinet of 1814 (1814)
- Wedel-Jarlsberg I (1814–36)
- Wedel-Jarlsberg II (1836–44)
- Løvenskiold and Vogt (1844–56)
- Stang (1861–80)
- Selmer (1880–84)
- Schweigaard (1884)
- Sverdrup (1884–89)
- Stang I (1889–91)
- Steen I (1891–93)
- Stang II (1893–95)
- Hagerup I (1895–98)
- Steen II (1898–1902)
- Blehr I (1902–03)
- Hagerup II (1903–05)
- Michelsen (1905–07)
- Løvland (1907–08)
- Knudsen I (1908–10)
- Konow (1910–12)
- Bratlie (1912–13)
- Knudsen II (1913–20)
- Bahr Halvorsen I (1920–21)
- Blehr II (1921–23)
- Bahr Halvorsen II (1923)
- Berge (1923–24)
- Mowinckel I (1924–26)
- Lykke (1926–28)
- Hornsrud (1928)
- Mowinckel II (1928–31)
- Kolstad (1931–32)
- Hundseid (1932–33)
- Mowinckel III (1933–35)
- Nygaardsvold (1935–45)
- Quisling I (1940)
- Administrative Council (1940)
- Terboven (1940–42)
- Quisling II (1942–45)
- Gerhardsen I (1945)
- Gerhardsen II (1945–51)
- Torp (1951–55)
- Gerhardsen III (1955–63)
- Lyng (1963)
- Gerhardsen IV (1963–65)
- Borten (1965–71)
- Bratteli I (1971–72)
- Korvald (1972–73)
- Bratteli II (1973–76)
- Nordli (1976–81)
- Brundtland I (1981)
- Willoch I (1981–83)
- Willoch II (1983–86)
- Brundtland II (1986–89)
- Syse (1989–90)
- Brundtland III (1990–96)
- Jagland (1996–97)
- Bondevik I (1997–2000)
- Stoltenberg I (2000–01)
- Bondevik II (2001–05)
- Stoltenberg II (2005–2013)
- Solberg (2013–2021)
- Støre (2021-)