Willoch's First Cabinet

Willoch's First Cabinet
51st Cabinet of Norway

Date formed	14 October 1981
Date dissolved	7 June 1983
People and organisations
Head of government	Kåre Willoch
Head of state	Olav V of Norway
Total number of ministers	17
Member party	Conservative Party
History
Election(s)	1981 parliamentary election
Predecessor	Brundtland's First Cabinet
Successor	Willoch's Second Cabinet

Willoch's First Cabinet was a minority, Conservative Government of Norway. It succeeded Brundtland's First Cabinet (which was a Labour government), after the Conservative victory in the 1981 Storting election; and sat from October 14, 1981 to June 7, 1983. It was replaced by Willoch's Second Cabinet, a coalition of the Conservative, Centre and Christian Democrat parties to form a majority government. Willoch's First Cabinet was the first Conservative-only cabinet since Stang's Second Cabinet of 1893–95, and there has not been another Conservative-only cabinet since.

Members

Willoch's first cabinet had the following composition, with all of its members serving from October 14, 1981 to June 7, 1983:

Portfolio	Minister
Prime Minister	Kåre Willoch
Minister of Agriculture	Johan Christen Løken
Minister of Culture and Research	Lars Roar Langslet
Minister of Church Affairs and Education	Tore Austad
Minister of Defence	Anders Christian Sjaastad
Minister of the Environment	Wenche Frogn Sellæg
Minister of Family Affairs and Government Administration	Astrid Gjertsen
Minister of Finance	Rolf Presthus
Minister of Fisheries	Thor Listau
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Svenn Thorkild Stray
Minister of Health and Social Affairs	Leif Arne Heløe
Minister of Industry	Jens-Halvard Bratz
Minister of Local Government and Labour	Arne Rettedal
Minister of Justice	Mona Scobie Røkke
Minister of Petroleum and Energy	Vidkunn Hveding
Minister of Trade and Shipping	Arne Skauge
Minister of Transport and Communications	Inger Koppernæs

Preceded by First cabinet Brundtland	Norwegian Council of State 1981–1983	Succeeded by Second cabinet Willoch

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- )

Conservative Party

Leaders	Stang (1884–89, 91–93, 96–99) Schweigaard (1889–91, 93–96) Hagerup (1899–1902) Skattebøl (1902–05) Harbitz (1905–07) Stang (1907–11) Bratlie (1911–19) Halvorsen (1919–23) Lykke (1923–26) Hambro (1926–34, 50–54) Andresen (1934–37) Bærøe (1937–40) Nordlie (1945–50) Kjøs (1954–62) Lindbrække (1962–70) Willoch (1970–74) Norvik (1974–80, 84–86) Benkow (1980–84) Presthus (1986–88) Five (1988, 91–94) Syse (1988–91) Petersen (1994–2004) Solberg (2004-)

Cabinets	Stang I Stang II Hagerup I Hagerup II Michelsen Konow Lykke Bratlie Bahr Halvorsen I Bahr Halvorsen II Berge Lykke Gerhardsen I Lyng Borten Willoch I Willoch II Syse Bondevik II Solberg

Related	Conservative Press Association Conservative Students' Association Young Conservatives

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Willoch's First Cabinet

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