# Michelsen's Cabinet

The Michelsen's Cabinet was a Norwegian cabinet, formed by a coalition of the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, the Moderate Liberal Party and the Coalition Party. It governed Norway between 11 March 1905 and 23 October 1907. It entered office as part of the build-up for the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905. It had the following composition:

## Cabinet members

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Prime Minister | Christian Michelsen | 11 March 1905 | 23 October 1907 | Coalition |
| Prime Minister in Stockholm | Jørgen Løvland | 11 March 1905 | 7 June 1905 | Liberal |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Jørgen Løvland | 7 June 1905 | 23 October 1907 | Liberal |
| Minister of Justice and the Police | Christian Michelsen | 11 March 1905 | 7 June 1905 | Coalition |
| Minister of Justice and the Police | Edvard Hagerup Bull | 7 June 1905 | 27 November 1905 | Conservative |
| Minister of Justice and the Police | Harald Bothner | 27 November 1905 | 23 October 1907 | Liberal |
| Minister of Finance and Customs | Gunnar Knudsen | 11 March 1905 | 31 October 1905 | Liberal |
| Minister of Finance and Customs | Christian Michelsen | 31 October 1905 | 27 November 1905 | Coalition |
| Minister of Finance and Customs | Edvard Hagerup Bull | 27 November 1905 | 7 November 1906 | Conservative |
| Minister of Finance and Customs | Abraham Berge | 7 November 1906 | 23 October 1907 | Liberal |
| Minister of Auditing | Gunnar Knudsen | 11 March 1905 | 7 June 1905 | Liberal |
| Minister of Auditing | Harald Bothner | 7 June 1905 | 27 November 1905 | Liberal |
| Minister of Auditing | Christian Michelsen | 27 November 1905 | 23 October 1907 | Coalition |
| Minister of Defence | Wilhelm Olssøn | 11 March 1905 | 25 May 1907 | Conservative |
| Minister of Defence | Christian Michelsen (acting) | 25 May 1907 | 23 October 1907 | Coalition |
| Minister of Agriculture | Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje | 11 March 1905 | 6 November 1906 | Moderate Liberal |
| Minister of Agriculture | Sven Aarrestad | 6 November 1906 | 23 October 1907 | Liberal |
| Minister of Education and Church Affairs | Christopher Knudsen | 11 March 1905 | 27 January 1906 | Conservative |
| Minister of Education and Church Affairs | Otto Jensen | 27 January 1906 | 23 October 1907 | Independent |
| Minister of Trade | Sofus Arctander | 11 March 1905 | 23 October 1907 | Liberal |
| Minister of Labour | Kristofer Lehmkuhl | 11 March 1905 | 28 September 1907 | Conservative |
| Minister of Labour | Jørgen Brunchorst | 28 September 1907 | 23 October 1907 | Independent |
| Member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm | Edvard Hagerup Bull | 11 March 1905 | 7 June 1905 | Conservative |
| Member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm | Harald Bothner | 11 March 1905 | 7 June 1905 | Liberal |

## Other

The State Secretary title is not to be confused with the modern title State Secretary. The old title State Secretary, used between 1814 and 1925, is now known as Secretary to the Government (Regjeringsråd).
* State Secretary:
** Halfdan Lehmann, – 1 February 1906
** Nils Otto Hesselberg, 1 February 1906 –
* Director General in Stockholm
** August Sibbern, in office until the office was abolished in 1906.
* Secretary to the President of the Norwegian Government
** Paul Ivar Paulsen, in office until the office was abolished in 1906.