Einar Gerhardsen

Einar Gerhardsen
Gerhardsen in 1945.
22nd Prime Minister of Norway
In office 25 September 1963 – 12 October 1965
Monarch	Olav V
Preceded by	John Lyng
Succeeded by	Per Borten
In office 22 January 1955 – 28 August 1963
Monarchs	Haakon VII Olav V
Preceded by	Oscar Torp
Succeeded by	John Lyng
In office 25 June 1945 – 19 November 1951
Monarch	Haakon VII
Preceded by	Johan Nygaardsvold
Succeeded by	Oscar Torp
President of the Storting
In office 16 January 1954 – 22 January 1955
Monarch	Haakon VII
Prime Minister	Oscar Torp
Preceded by	Gustav Natvig-Pedersen
Succeeded by	Oscar Torp
Leader of the Labour Party
In office 28 May 1945 – 27 May 1965
Preceded by	Oscar Torp
Succeeded by	Trygve Bratteli
President of the Nordic Council
In office 1 January 1954 – 31 December 1954
Preceded by	Hans Hedtoft
Succeeded by	Nils Herlitz
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 4 December 1945 – 30 September 1969
Deputy	Hjalmar Larsen Aase Lionæs Gunnar Alf Larsen Herman Pedersen
Constituency	Oslo
Personal details
Born	Einar Henry Gerhardsen (1897-05-10)10 May 1897 Asker, Akershus, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Died	19 September 1987(1987-09-19) (aged 90) Oslo, Norway
Resting place	Vestre Gravlund
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Werna Gerhardsen ​ ​ (m. 1932; died 1970)​
Children	3, including Rune
Profession	Civil servant Road worker

Einar Henry Gerhardsen (pronunciation^ⓘ; 10 May 1897 – 19 September 1987) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was the 22nd prime minister of Norway for three periods, 1945–1951, 1955–1963 and 1963–1965. With a total of 16 years in office, he is the longest serving Prime Minister in Norway since the introduction of parliamentarism. Many Norwegians often refer to him as "Landsfaderen" (Father of the Nation); he is generally considered one of the main architects of the post-war rebuilding of Norway after World War II. He also served as the second President of the Nordic Council in 1954.