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	Coalition Majority government 109 / 123 (88.62%)
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 had the following composition:

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.

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