Johan Nygaardsvold | |
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![]() Nygaardsvold in 1934 | |
21st Prime Minister of Norway | |
In office 20 March 1935 – 25 June 1945 | |
Monarch | Haakon VII |
Preceded by | Johan Ludwig Mowinckel |
Succeeded by | Einar Gerhardsen |
President of the Storting | |
In office 11 January 1934 – 20 March 1935 | |
Prime Minister | Johan Ludwig Mowinckel |
Vice President | C. J. Hambro |
Preceded by | C.J. Hambro |
Succeeded by | C. J. Hambro |
Parliamentary Leader of the Labour Party | |
In office 5 March 1932 – 20 March 1935 | |
Leader | Oscar Torp |
Preceded by | Alfred Madsen |
Succeeded by | Sverre Støstad |
Minister of Labour | |
In office 20 March 1935 – 2 October 1939 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Ole Monsen Mjelde |
Succeeded by | Olav Hindahl |
Minister of Agriculture | |
In office 28 January 1928 – 15 February 1928 | |
Prime Minister | Christopher Hornsrud |
Preceded by | Ole Bærøe |
Succeeded by | Hans Jørgensen Aarstad |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
In office 1 January 1916 – 31 December 1949 | |
Constituency | Sør-Trøndelag |
Personal details | |
Born | Hommelvik, Sør-Trøndelag, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway | 6 September 1879
Died | 13 March 1952 Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway | (aged 72)
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Albine Regine Brandslet (1878–1961) |
Johan Nygaardsvold (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈnỳːɡoːʂvɔɫ]; 6 September 1879 – 13 March 1952) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party who served as the 21st prime minister of Norway from 1935 to 1945. From June 1940 until May 1945, he oversaw the Norwegian Government-in-exile from London as head of the Nygaardsvold cabinet during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.[1][2]