Selmer's Cabinet

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]
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
Minister of the Navy	Jens Holmboe	15 November 1881 - 15 September 1882	Conservative
Minister of Finance and Customs	Henrik Laurentius Helliesen	– 15 September 1883	Conservative
Minister of Finance and Customs	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
Minister of the Interior	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

^ [1] - Government.no
^ [2] - Store Norske Leksikon
^ Unless otherwise noted, the period was 11 October 1881 - 1 March 1884
^ The Cabinet took power before the formation of the first political parties in Norway. The ministers later party affiliations, if any, are listed here

[1] [1] - Government.no

[2] [2] - Store Norske Leksikon

[duration-3] Unless otherwise noted, the period was 11 October 1881 - 1 March 1884

[party-4] The Cabinet took power before the formation of the first political parties in Norway. The ministers later party affiliations, if any, are listed here

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v t e Cabinets of Norway
1814–1884	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)
1884–1945	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)
1940–45	Quisling I (1940) Administrative Council (1940) Terboven (1940–42) Quisling II (1942–45)
1945–present	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-)