Einar Henry Gerhardsen (help· info) (born on May 10, 1897 - September 19, 1987) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was Prime Minister in three periods, from 1945 to 1951, from 1955 to 1963 and from 1963 to 1965. With 17 years in office, he is the longest serving Prime Minister in Norway since the introduction of parliamentarism. By many Norwegians often just referred to as "Landsfaderen" (Father of the Nation), he is generally considered one of the main architects of the rebuilding of Norway after World War II. Image File history File links Einar_Gerhardtsen. ... is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... The Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti, Arbeiderpartiet or DNA) is a left-wing political party in Norway. ... This is a list of Viceroys (Rigsstatholder) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... A parliamentary system, or parliamentarism, is distinguished by the executive branch of government being dependent on the direct or indirect support of the parliament, often expressed through a vote of confidence. ...

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Einar Gerhardsen was born in the municipality of Asker, in the county of Akershus. His father and mother were Gerhard Olsen (1867-1949) and Emma Hansen (1872-1949). He was married to Werna and they had two sons Truls and Rune Gerhardsen and a daughter named Torgunn. His brother was Rolf Gerhardsen. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... County District Viken Municipality NO-0220 Administrative centre Asker Mayor (2005) Morten Gunnar Strand (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 385 101 km² 97 km² 0. ... County NO-02 Region Østlandet Administrative centre Oslo County mayor Hildur Horn Øien (KrF) Area  - Total  - Percentage Ranked 16 4,918 km² 1. ... Rune Gerhardsen. ...

Originally a road worker, Gerhardsen became politically active in the socialist labour movement during the 1920s. He was convicted of taking part in subversive activities several times until he, along with the rest of the Labour party, gradually moved from communism to democratic socialism. By the middle of the 1930s, Labour had become a major force on the national political scene, with Gerhardsen as the Mayor of Oslo and Johan Nygaardsvold as Prime Minister of a minority cabinet. During World War II, Gerhardsen took part in the organised resistance against Nazi occupation and was interred in concentration camps at Grini in Norway and at Sachsenhausen in Germany. After the war, it fell upon Gerhardsen to form the interim government which sat from the end of the occupation in May 1945 and until new elections could be held in November the same year. The elections gave Labour an absolute majority in Parliament, the Storting, which it retained until the elections of 1961. Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. ... The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known as the World Depression. ... This article is about the capital of Norway. ... Campaign poster of Johan Nygaardsvold Johan Nygaardsvold (September 6, 1879 - March 13, 1952) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The term National socialism has been used in self-description by a number of unrelated political movements. ... Grini fangeleir is the name of a Nazi concentration camp located outside of Oslo, Norway in the municipality of Bærum. ... Entry to the camp Sachsenhausen was a concentration camp in Germany, operating between 1936 and 1950. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Storting main building The Storting, or Stortinget, (the Great Assembly), is the parliament of Norway, and is located in Oslo. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

During and after he held office he was a greatly respected figure in the eyes of the people, even amongst those not sharing his social democratic views. The administrations he led forged an eclectic economic policy in which government regulation of commerce, industry and banking was combined with market economics. Abject poverty and unemployment was sharply reduced as a result of his government's policy of industrialisation and redistribution of wealth through progressive taxation. In foreign policy, he aligned Norway with the Western powers at the end of the 1940s after some initial hesitation within the governing party, with Norway becoming a founding member of NATO. Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... A factory in Ilmenau (Germany) around 1860 Industrialisation (also spelled Industrialization) or an Industrial Revolution is a process of social and economic change whereby a human group is transformed from a pre-industrial society (an economy where the amount of capital accumulated per capita is low) to an industrial one... A progressive tax, or graduated tax, is a tax that is larger as a percentage of income for those with larger incomes. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the military alliance. ...

Protocolls from 1958 substantiates that the Norwegian Labour Party Government with Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen knew that Israel was going to use heavy water supplied by Noratom AS for Plutonium production making it possible for Israel to produce nuclear weapons.

In November of 1962, an accident occurred in the Kings Bay mine on Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago, in which several miners died. In the aftermath, the Gerhardsen government was accused of not complying with laws enacted by the Norwegian parliament. In the summer of 1963, a vote of no confidence passed with the support of the Socialist People's Party and a centre-right minority coalition government was formed, under John Lyng. While this new government lasted only for three weeks, until the Socialist People's Party realigned itself with Labour, it formed the basis for an opposition victory under the leadership of Per Borten at the elections of 1965. Gerhardsen retired from national politics in 1969, but continued to influence public opinion through writings and speeches. Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Kings Bay Affair was a political issue in Norway that brought down the government of Einar Gerhardsen and formed the basis for non-socialist coalition politics in Norway that persisted to the end of the 20th century. ... Spitsbergen (formerly known as West Spitsbergen) is a Norwegian island, the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago, situated in the Arctic Ocean. ... The Storting main building The Storting, or Stortinget, (the Great Assembly), is the parliament of Norway, and is located in Oslo. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is part of the Politics of Norway series. ... John Lyng (August 22, 1905 - January 18, 1978) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. ... Per Borten Per Borten (April 3, 1913 - January 20, 2005) was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...

Gerhardsen's political legacy is still an important force in Norwegian politics and especially within his own party, although some of the social policies of his government have been revised (See also Economy of Norway). Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Norway Although sensitive to global business cycles, the economy of Norway has shown robust growth since the start of the industrial era. ...

¹Nygaardsvold and his cabinet was in exile in London during World War II while Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany. In parts of this period Vidkun Quisling, leader of the Fascist party Nasjonal Samling, assumed a degree of formal power, but in reality the country was governed by the occupants, represented by the Reichskommissar Josef Terboven. Campaign poster of Johan Nygaardsvold Johan Nygaardsvold (September 6, 1879 - March 13, 1952) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. ... This is a list of Viceroys (Rigsstatholder) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway. ... This is a list of Viceroys (Rigsstatholder) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway. ... John Lyng (August 22, 1905 - January 18, 1978) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. ... John Lyng (August 22, 1905 - January 18, 1978) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. ... This is a list of Viceroys (Rigsstatholder) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway. ... Per Borten Per Borten (April 3, 1913 - January 20, 2005) was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling, (July 18, 1887 – October 24, 1945) was a Norwegian army officer and fascist politician. ... Fascism is an authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and other societal interests subordinate to the needs of the state, and seeks to forge a type of national unity, usually based on, but not limited to, ethnic, cultural, or racial attributes. ... Symbol of the Hirden, the stormtroopers or paramilitary organization of the Nasjonal Samling. ... Josef Terboven Josef Antonius Heinrich Terboven (May 23, 1898 - May 8, 1945) was a Nazi leader most known for his brutal leadership during the Nazi occupation of Norway. ...

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