List of Norwegian Prime Ministers - Definition and Overview

This is a list of Viceroys (Rigsstatholder) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway.

Fredrik Stang was the first Prime Minister, from 1873.

1. Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz (1814-1814)
2. Count Hans Henrik von Essen (1814-1816)
3. Crown Prince Carl Johan (1816-1816)
4. Count Carl Carlsson Mörner (1816-1818)
5. Count Johan August Sandels (1818-1824)
6. Crown Prince Oscar (1824-1824)
7. Count Johan August Sandels (1824-1827)
8. Count Baltzar von Platen (1827-1829)
9. Jonas Collett (1829-1833)
10. Crown Prince Oscar (1833-1833)
11. Jonas Collett (1833-1836)
12. Count Herman Wedel Jarlsberg (1836-1840)
13. Nicolay Johan Lohmann Krog (1840-1841)
14. Severin Løvenskiold (1841-1856)
15. Crown Prince Carl (1856-1856)
16. Jørgen Herman Vogt (1856-1857)
17. Crown Prince Carl (1857-1857)
18. Jørgen Herman Vogt (1857-1858)
19. Hans Christian Petersen (1858-1861)
20. Fredrik Stang (1861-1880)
21. Christian August Selmer (1880-1884)
22. Christian Homann Schweigaard (1884-1884)
23. Johan Sverdrup (1884-1889)
24. Emil Stang (1889-1891)
25. Johannes Steen (1891-1893)
26. Emil Stang (1893-1895)
27. Francis Hagerup (1895-1898)
28. Johannes Steen (1898-1902)
29. Otto Blehr (1902-1903)
30. Francis Hagerup (1903-1905)
31. Christian Michelsen (1905-1907)
32. Jørgen Løvland (1907-1908)
33. Gunnar Knudsen (1908-1910)
34. Wollert Konow (1910-1912)
35. Jens Bratlie (1912-1913)
36. Gunnar Knudsen (1913-1920)
37. Otto Bahr Halvorsen (1920-1921)
38. Otto Blehr (1921-1923)
39. Otto Bahr Halvorsen (1923)
40. Abraham Berge (1923-1924)
41. Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1924-1926)
42. Ivar Lykke (1926-1928)
43. Christopher Hornsrud (1928)
44. Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1928-1931)
45. Peder Kolstad (1931-1932)
46. Jens Hundseid (1932-1933)
47. Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1933-1935)
48. Johan Nygaardsvold (1935-1945) (exiled 1940-1945, due to the Nazi-German occupation during WWII)
    (In parts of this period (1943-1945) Vidkun Quisling assumed a degree of formal power accepted by the occupants)
49. Einar Gerhardsen (1945-1951)
50. Oscar Torp (1951-1955)
51. Einar Gerhardsen (1955-1963)
52. John Lyng (1963)
53. Einar Gerhardsen (1963-1965)
54. Per Borten (1965-1971)
55. Trygve Bratteli (1971-1972)
56. Lars Korvald (1972-1973)
57. Trygve Bratteli (1973-1976)
58. Odvar Nordli (1976-1981)
59. Gro Harlem Brundtland (1981)
60. Kåre Willoch (1981-1986)
61. Gro Harlem Brundtland (1986-1989)
62. Jan P. Syse (1989-1990)
63. Gro Harlem Brundtland (1990-1996)
64. Thorbjørn Jagland (1996-1997)
65. Kjell Magne Bondevik (1997-2000)
66. Jens Stoltenberg (2000-2001)
67. Kjell Magne Bondevik (2001-present)

See also: List of Norwegian monarchs, Viceroy of Norway, List of Norwegian Parties in Cabinet and PM