Government of Gerhardsen IV

The Gerhardsen IV government was formed in Norway on September 25, 1963 by Einar Gerhardsen and existed until October 12, 1965. As Prime Minister, Gerhardsen replaced the government of John Lyng from the conservative Høyre .

He had replaced Gerhardsen's third government just a month earlier , after the two MPs from Sosialistisk Folkeparti (SF), Finn Gustavsen and Asbjørn Holm , who “tipped the scales” in favor of the Labor Party after the parliamentary elections on September 11, 1961 after the so-called Kings Bay affair about deficiencies in the state coal mining company Kings Bay had withdrawn support from the Gerhardsen government. Then Gerhardsen resigned on August 28, 1963 after eight years in office. The coalition led by Lyng broke up after less than four weeks on September 25, 1963, so that Gerhardsen was then able to form his fourth government.

In the parliamentary elections on September 13, 1965 , Gerhardsen's Arbeiderpartiet suffered another defeat and only received 43.1 percent (1961: 46.8 percent) and 68 seats (1961: 74). Then, on October 12, 1965, Per Borten from the Senterpartiet formed a coalition government with the participation of Høyre (H), Kristelig Folkeparti (KrF) and Venstre (V).

minister

Department	minister	Political party
Prime Minister	Einar Gerhardsen	Workers' part
Exterior	Halvard Lange	Workers' part
Industry	Trygve Lie January 20, 1964 Karl Trasti	Arbeiderpartiet Arbeiderpartiet
Justice and Police	OC Gundersen	Workers' part
Transport and communication	Trygve Bratteli January 20, 1964 Erik Himle	Arbeiderpartiet Arbeiderpartiet
defense	Gudmund Harlem	Workers' part
Families and consumers	Aase Bjerkholt	Workers' part
Municipalities and work	Jens Haugland	Workers' part
Finance and Customs	Andreas Zeier Cappelen	Workers' part
Churches and teaching	Helge Sivertsen	Workers' part
Wages and prices	Karl Trasti January 20, 1964 Idar Norstrand	Arbeiderpartiet Arbeiderpartiet
Social	Olav Gjærevoll	Workers' part
Trade and shipping	Erik Himle January 20, 1964 Trygve Lie	Arbeiderpartiet Arbeiderpartiet
Agriculture	Leif Granli	Workers' part
fishing	Magnus Andersen	Workers' part

Noregs regjeringar. Statsrådar, statssekretærar, politiske rådgjevarar , ed. from the State Chancellery, Oslo 2003