Johan Nygaardsvold

Johan Nygaardsvold
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	(1879-09-06)6 September 1879 Hommelvik, Sør-Trøndelag, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Died	13 March 1952(1952-03-13) (aged 72) Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
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]