Brundtland's First Cabinet

Brundtland's First Cabinet was a minority, Labour Government of Norway. It succeeded the Labour Cabinet Nordli, and sat between 4 February and 14 October 1981. The cabinet was the first in Norwegian history to be led by a woman.^[1] It was replaced by the Conservative Willoch's First Cabinet after the 1981 election.

Cabinet members


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Knut Frydenlund^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of Finance and Customs	Ulf Sand^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of Defence	Thorvald Stoltenberg^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of Justice and the Police	Bjørn Skau^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of Transport and Communications	Ronald Bye^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of Local Government and Labour	Harriet Andreassen^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of Education and Church Affairs	Einar Førde^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of Social Affairs	Arne Nilsen^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of Family Affairs and Government Administration	Sissel Rønbeck^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of Agriculture	Oskar Øksnes^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of Industry	Finn Kristensen^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of Trade and Shipping	Kari Gjesteby^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of the Environment	Rolf A. Hansen^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of Petroleum and Energy	Arvid Johanson^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour
Minister of Fisheries	Eivind Bolle^[2]	4 February 1981	14 October 1981	Labour

^ Lee, Phil (2013). The Rough Guide to Norway. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781409355687 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Gro Harlem Brundtlands første regjering" [Gro Harlem Brundtland's First Cabinet] (in Norwegian). Government.no. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

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