Lyng's Cabinet

Lyng's Cabinet

Cabinet of Norway
Prime Minister Lyng (first row, to the far right) in the Storting five days before his cabinet fell.
Date formed28 August 1963
Date dissolved25 September 1963
People and organisations
Head of stateOlav V of Norway
Head of governmentJohn Lyng
No. of ministers15
Member partyConservative Party
Liberal Party
Christian Democratic Party
Centre Party
Status in legislatureCoalition minority government
76 / 169(49.33%)



History
PredecessorGerhardsen's Third Cabinet
SuccessorGerhardsen's Fourth Cabinet

The Lyng Cabinet governed Norway between 28 August 1963 and 25 September 1963. It was the first in 28 years not to be led by the Norwegian Labour Party. It was a centre-right coalition government of the Conservative Party, Centre Party, Christian Democratic Party and Liberal Party led by John Lyng of the Conservative Party. It had fifteen members, of which five were from the Conservative Party, four were from the Centre Party, three were from the Christian Democratic Party and three were from the Liberal Party. Karen Grønn-Hagen was the cabinet's only female member.

After the Socialist People's Party joined a no-confidence vote against Einar Gerhardsen's government, Lyng realised that between them, the non-Labour parties were only one seat short of a majority in the Storting. He quickly got the non-Labour parties to form a coalition government, which took office on 28 August after the SF abstained. The SF, however, threw its support back to Gerhardsen a month later, allowing Labour to return to power. Nonetheless, the brief Lyng government proved that the non-Labour parties were capable of governing after three decades of Labour rule.