Christian Selmer Government

11. October 1880–3. April 1884

The change between Frederik Stang’s Government and Christian A. Selmer’s Government took place at the appointment of Christian Selmer as Prime Minister in a session of the Council of State on 11 October 1880.

Between 11 and 26 March 1884, six of the members of Christian Selmer’s Government were deprived of their offices by impeachment. Ministers Jacob Lerche Johansen, Christian H. Schweigaard and Nils Chr. Egede Hertzberg were not convicted. In a session of the Council of State on 3 April 1884, the Schweigaard/Løvenskiold Government (the April Government) was appointed, effective as of 3 April 1884. The Schweigaard/Løvenskiold Government was named after Prime Minister Christian H. Schweigaard and the Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm, Carl Otto Løvenskiold.

More about Norway’s Council of State during the Union with Sweden.

Secretary to the Council of State in this period:

In Kristiania
State Secretary Halfdan Lehmann

In Stockholm
Director General Hans Schlytter

About the Government

Prime Minister:: Christian August Selmer

Politicians

Selmer, Christian August
- Prime Minister – State Secretariat 11/10/1880–11/03/1884
Kierulf, Otto Richard
- Norwegian Prime Minister in Interim Government 1881 – Council of State Division in Stockholm 16/09/1881–26/09/1881
- Prime Minister in Stockholm – Council of State Division in Stockholm 11/10/1880–21/03/1884
Bachke, Ole Andreas
- Minister of Auditing and acting Prime Minister – Ministry of Auditing 11/03/1884–29/03/1884
- Minister of Auditing – Ministry of Auditing 15/09/1882–29/03/1884
- Minister of Justice – Ministry of Justice and the Police 15/11/1881–15/09/1882
- Minister in Stockholm – Council of State Division in Stockholm 11/10/1880–15/11/1881
Bull, Anders Sandøe Ørsted
- Acting Minister of the Army – Ministry of the Army (of 1846) 19/03/1884–03/04/1884
- Acting Minister of the Army – Ministry of the Army (of 1846) 16/09/1881–26/09/1881
Collett, Johan Christian
- Acting Minister of Auditing – Ministry of Auditing 26/03/1884–03/04/1884
- Acting Minister in Interim Government – Council of State Division in Stockholm 16/09/1881–26/09/1881
Essendrop, Carl Peter Parelius
- Acting Minister in Interim Government – Council of State Division in Stockholm 16/09/1881–26/09/1881
Haffner, Wolfgang Wenzel von
- Acting Prime Minister in Stockholm – Council of State Division in Stockholm 21/03/1884–03/04/1884
- Acting Minister in Stockholm - also acting Prime Minister in Stockholm from 21.03.1884 – Council of State Division in Stockholm 19/03/1884–03/04/1884
- Acting Minister in Interim Government 1881 – Council of State Division in Stockholm 16/09/1881–26/09/1881
Helliesen, Henrik Laurentius
- Minister of Church and Education – Ministry of Church and Education 21/03/1884–26/03/1884
- Minister in Stockholm – Council of State Division in Stockholm 15/09/1883–21/03/1884
- Minister of Finance – Ministry of Finance and Customs 11/10/1880–15/09/1883
Hertzberg, Nils Christian Egede
- Minister in Stockholm – Council of State Division in Stockholm 26/03/1884–03/04/1884
- Minister of Church and Education – Ministry of Church and Education 30/01/1882–26/03/1884
Holmboe, Jens
- Minister in Stockholm – Council of State Division in Stockholm 15/09/1883–26/03/1884
- Minister of Justice – Ministry of Justice and the Police 15/09/1882–15/09/1883
- Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs – Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs 15/11/1881–15/09/1882
- Minister without portifolio 26/09/1881–15/11/1881
- Minister in Interim Government 1881 – Council of State Division in Stockholm 16/09/1881–26/09/1881
- Minister of Church and Education – Ministry of Church and Education 15/11/1880–16/09/1881
- Minister without portifolio 11/10/1880–15/11/1880
Jensen, Christian
- Minister of Justice – Ministry of Justice and the Police 15/09/1883–26/03/1884
- Minister of the Interior – Ministry of the Interior (of 1846) 15/09/1882–15/09/1883
- Minister in Interim Government – Council of State Division in Stockholm 16/09/1881–26/09/1881
- Minister in Stockhom – Council of State Division in Stockholm 15/09/1881–15/09/1882
- Minister of Justice - also acting Minister of Auditing until 22.12.1880 – Ministry of Justice and the Police 11/10/1880–15/09/1881
Johansen, Jacob Lerche
- Minister in Stockholm – Council of State Division in Stockholm 21/03/1884–03/04/1884
- Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs – Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs 15/09/1882–21/03/1884
- Minister in Stockholm – Council of State Division in Stockholm 11/11/1881–15/09/1882
- Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs – Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs 11/10/1880–11/11/1881
Lehmann, Halfdan
- Acting Minister of Church and Education – Ministry of Church and Education 29/03/1884–03/04/1884
- Acting Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs – Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs 21/03/1884–29/03/1884
- Acting Minister of Church and Education – Ministry of Church and Education 16/09/1881–26/09/1881
Munthe, Adolph Frederik
- Minister of the Army – Ministry of the Army (of 1846) 26/09/1881–19/03/1884
- Minister in Interim Government – Council of State Division in Stockholm 16/09/1881–26/09/1881
- Minister of the Army – Ministry of the Army (of 1846) 11/10/1880–16/09/1881
Nielsen, Carsten Tank
- Acting Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs – Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs 29/03/1884–03/04/1884
Nissen, Rasmus Tønder
- Minister of Church and Education – Ministry of Church and Education 15/10/1881–19/01/1882
- Minister in Interim Government 1881 – Council of State Division in Stockholm 16/09/1881–26/09/1881
- Minister in Stockholm – Council of State Division in Stockholm 15/11/1880–15/10/1881
- Minister of Church and Education – Ministry of Church and Education 11/10/1880–15/11/1880
Platou, Frederik Christian Stoud
- Acting Minister of Justice and acting Minister of Auditing – Ministry of Justice and the Police 16/09/1881–26/09/1881
Rye, Niels Mathias
- Acting Minister of the Interior and acting Prime Minister – Ministry of the Interior (of 1846) 29/03/1884–03/04/1884
- Acting Minister of the Interior – Ministry of the Interior (of 1846) 21/03/1884–03/04/1884
Schweigaard, Christian Homann
- Minister of Finance and acting Minister of Justice – Ministry of Justice and the Police 26/03/1884–03/04/1884
- Minister of Finance – Ministry of Finance and Customs 15/09/1883–03/04/1884
- Minister in Stockholm – Council of State Division in Stockholm 15/09/1882–15/09/1883
- Minister of Auditing - also acting Minister of Justice until 15.11.1881 – Ministry of Auditing 26/09/1881–15/09/1882
- Minister in Interim Government – Council of State Division in Stockholm 16/09/1881–26/09/1881
- Minister of Auditing – Ministry of Auditing 22/12/1880–16/09/1881
Vogt, Niels Petersen
- Minister of the Interior – Ministry of the Interior (of 1846) 15/09/1883–21/03/1884
- Minister in Stockholm – Council of State Division in Stockholm 15/09/1882–15/09/1883
- Minister of the Interior – Ministry of the Interior (of 1846) 11/10/1880–15/09/1882
Wergeland, Harald Nicolai Storm
- Acting Minister in Interim Government 1881 – Council of State Division in Stockholm 16/09/1881–26/09/1881

About the Government

Politicians

Ministers (21)