Berge's Cabinet

Berge's Cabinet was the government of Norway from 30 May 1923 to 25 July 1924. The cabinet was led by Prime Minister Abraham Berge. It succeeded Otto Bahr Halvorsen's second cabinet following his death, and was composed of mostly the same ministers as its predecessor. The cabinet resigned on 23 July 1924, with effect two days later, after not getting wide support in the Storting for a alcohol ban. It was succeeded by Johan L. Mowinckel's first cabinet.^[1]

Berge's Cabinet
Cabinet of Norway
Prime Minister Abraham Berge.
Date formed	30 May 1923
Date dissolved	25 July 1924
People and organisations
Head of state	Haakon VII
Head of government	Abraham Berge
No. of ministers	9
Member party	Free-minded Liberal Party Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Coalition minority government 57 / 150 (38%)
History
Legislature term	1922–1925
Predecessor	Bahr Halvorsen's Second Cabinet
Successor	Mowinckel's First Cabinet

Cabinet ministers

The cabinet stayed mostly intact through Berge's term. The only changes was Christian Lange Rolfsen stepping in as Minister of Justice, and Karl Sanne as Minister of Education and Church Affairs following the death of Ivar B. Sælen in November 1923.

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister Minister of Finance and Customs	Abraham Berge	30 May 1923	25 July 1924		Free-minded Liberal
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Christian Fredrik Michelet	30 May 1923	25 July 1924		Conservative
Minister of Justice and the Police	Christian Lange Rolfsen	30 May 1923	25 July 1924		Conservative
Minister of Defence	Karl Wilhelm Wefring	30 May 1923	25 July 1924		Free-minded Liberal
Minister of Agriculture	Anders Venger	30 May 1923	25 July 1924		Conservative
Minister of Education and Church Affairs	Ivar B. Sælen	30 May 1923	24 November 1923[a]		Conservative
	Karl Sanne[b]	12 December 1923	25 July 1924		Conservative
Minister of Trade	Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe	30 May 1923	25 July 1924		Free-minded Liberal
Minister of Labour	Cornelius Middelthon	30 May 1923	25 July 1924		Conservative
Minister of Social Affairs	Odd Klingenberg	30 May 1923	25 July 1924		Conservative

Notes

1. Died in office.
2. Anders Venger was acting minister from 24 november to 11 December.

References

1. "Abraham Berge's Cabinet" (in Norwegian). 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.