Einar Gerhardsen
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Einar Henry Gerhardsen 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-ser
Gerhardsen in 1945
Gerhardsen and Werna Gerhardsen with President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962
Gerhardsen at a political rally in Bergen in the late-1960s
Oscar Torp
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Oscar Fredrik Torp was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was party leader from 1923 to 1945, and mayor of Oslo in 1935 and 1936. In 1935 he became the acting minister of defenc
Einar Gerhardsen
…of the Labour Party from 1939. After the German occupation of Norway in 1940, Gerhardsen became acting Chairman of the Labour Party, as the chairman, Oscar Torp had gone into exile. Gerhardsen became Mayor of Oslo on 15 August 1940, but was forced to resign by the Germans on 26 August the same year. In September…
Torp in April 1950