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Einar Gerhardsen
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22nd Prime Minister of Norway (1897–1987)
Key facts
- Monarch
- Olav V
- Preceded by
- John Lyng
- Succeeded by
- Per Borten
- Monarchs
- Haakon VII , Olav V
- Prime minister
- Oscar Torp
- Deputy
- Hjalmar Larsen , Aase Lionæs , Gunnar Alf Larsen , Herman Pedersen
- Constituency
- Oslo
- Born
- Einar Henry Olsen , ( 1897-05-10 ) 10 May 1897, Asker , Akershus , United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Died
- 19 September 1987 (1987-09-19) (aged 90), Oslo , Norway
- Resting place
- Vestre Gravlund
- Party
- Labour
- Spouse
- Werna Gerhardsen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1932 ; died 1970 )
- Children
- 3, including Rune
- Profession
- Civil servant , Road worker
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Asker
- Place of death
- Oslo
- Child
- Rune Gerhardsen
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- party secretary
- Political party
- Norwegian Labour Party
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Image
- Einar Gerhardsen 1945.jpeg
- Work location
- Oslo
- Residence
- Oslo
- Significant event
- political prisoner
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- Commons category
- Einar Gerhardsen
- date of birth
- 1897-05-10
- place of burial
- Vestre gravlund
- date of death
- 1987-09-19
- name in native language
- Einar Gerhardsen
- place of detention
- Sachsenhausen concentration camp
- birth name
- Einar Henry Olsen
- subject has role
- political prisoner
- member of
- Mot Dag
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Encyclopedic overview
Einar Henry Gerhardsen (pronunciation; 10 May 1897 – 19 September 1987) was a Norwegian politician who served as the prime minister of Norway from 1945 to 1951, 1955 to 1963 and 1963 to 1965. With a total of 17 years in office, he is the longest-serving prime minister in Norway since the introduction of parliamentarism. He was the leader of the Labour Party from 1945 to 1965.
Many Norwegians often refer to him as "Landsfaderen" (Father of the Nation); he is generally considered one of the main architects of the post-war rebuilding of Norway after World War II. He also served as the second president of the Nordic Council in 1954.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Einar Gerhardsen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.