Gunnar Knudsen | |
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![]() Knudsen | |
11th Prime Minister of Norway | |
In office 31 January 1913 – 21 June 1920 | |
Monarch | Haakon VII |
Preceded by | Jens Bratlie |
Succeeded by | Otto Bahr Halvorsen |
In office 19 March 1908 – 2 February 1910 | |
Monarch | Haakon VII |
Preceded by | Jørgen Løvland |
Succeeded by | Wollert Konow |
Minister of Agriculture | |
In office 31 January 1913 – 12 December 1919 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Erik Enge |
Succeeded by | Håkon Five |
In office 9 June 1903 – 22 October 1903 | |
Prime Minister | Otto Blehr |
Preceded by | Wollert Konow (H) |
Succeeded by | Christian Mathiesen |
Minister of Finance | |
Acting 12 December 1919 – 21 June 1920 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Anton Omholt |
Succeeded by | Edvard H. Bull |
In office 19 March 1908 – 2 February 1910 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Magnus Halvorsen |
Succeeded by | Abraham Berge |
In office 11 March 1905 – 31 October 1905 | |
Prime Minister | Christian Michelsen |
Preceded by | Christian Michelsen |
Succeeded by | Christian Michelsen |
In office 9 June 1903 – 22 October 1903 | |
Prime Minister | Otto Blehr |
Preceded by | Elias Sunde |
Succeeded by | Birger Kildal |
Minister of Auditing | |
In office 31 January 1913 – 30 June 1918 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Jens Bratlie |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
In office 19 March 1908 – 2 February 1910 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Sven Aarrestad |
Succeeded by | Wollert Konow |
In office 11 March 1905 – 7 June 1905 | |
Prime Minister | Christian Michelsen |
Preceded by | Paul B. Vogt |
Succeeded by | Harald Bothner |
Acting 30 March 1903 – 9 June 1903 | |
Prime Minister | Otto Blehr |
Preceded by | Wollert Konow (H) |
Succeeded by | Otto Blehr |
Personal details | |
Born | Aanon Gunerius Knudsen 19 September 1848 Saltrød, Aust-Agder, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway |
Died | 1 December 1928 Skien, Telemark, Norway | (aged 80)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse |
Anna Sofie Cappelen
(m. 1880; died 1915) |
Children | 5 |
Gunnar Knudsen (19 September 1848 – 1 December 1928), born Aanon Gunerius Knudsen, was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party who served as the 11th prime minister of Norway twice from 1908 to 1910 and from 1913 to 1920. He also inherited a shipping company, and founded the shipping company Borgestad ASA. [1][2]