Johan Sverdrup

Prime Minister and Minister of Defence (V)

Ministry of Defence - Johan Sverdrup's Government

01.09.1885–13.07.1889

The office as Norway’s Prime Minister was based at the Norwegian Council of State Division in Stockholm from December 1814 until this responsibility in July 1873 was transferred to a new office as prime minister in Kristiania (Oslo). From then, the main rule was that the Prime Minister was head of a ministry and executed his tasks as head of government from this ministry. From July 1873 until the dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union in June 1905, the Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm ranked second to Norway’s Prime Minister in Kristiania.

Prime Minister - also Minister of Auditing until 16.07.1884, also Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs until 01.05.1885, also Minister of the Navy 01.05.1885-01.09.1885, also Minister of the Army 01.05.1885-01.09.1885 (V)

Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs - Johan Sverdrup's Government

26.06.1884–13.07.1889

The office as Norway’s Prime Minister was based at the Norwegian Council of State Division in Stockholm from December 1814 until this responsibility in July 1873 was transferred to a new office as prime minister in Kristiania (Oslo). Until the dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union in June 1905, the Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm ranked second to Norway’s Prime Minister in Kristiania.