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Einar Gerhardsen

1897 - 1987

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Einar Henry Gerhardsen (; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Einar Gerhardsen has received more than 251,831 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Einar Gerhardsen is the 11,013th most popular politician (down from 6,624th in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Norway (down from 113th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Norwegian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Einar Gerhardsen ranks 11,013 out of 15,577. Before him are Karl Nehammer, Andrea Vendramin, Manuel Teixeira Gomes, David Komnenos, Pasqual Maragall, and Erich von Hornbostel. After him are Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Idrimi, Margot Wallström, Meng Hongwei, and Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Einar Gerhardsen ranks 163. Before him are Bud Abbott, Maximus V of Constantinople, Pavel Batov, Nicholas Poppe, Mikhail Kovalyov, and Alberto Cavalcanti. After him are Karl Decker, Kazimierz Nowak, Ilya Ilf, Pierre Fresnay, Kurt Feldt, and Camillo Berneri. Among people deceased in 1987, Einar Gerhardsen ranks 123. Before him are Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Bengt Strömgren, René Lévesque, Patrick Troughton, Rashid Karami, and Donn F. Eisele. After him are Dmitry Lelyushenko, Victoria Kent, Princess Pilar of Bavaria, Gilberto Freyre, Paul Butterfield, and Vladimir Basov.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Einar Gerhardsen ranks 185 out of 927. Before him are Harald Sverdrup (1888), Sigurd Hoel (1890), Otto Ruge (1882), Jens Munk (1579), Elise Ottesen-Jensen (1886), and Johan Herman Wessel (1742). After him are Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Oda Krohg (1860), Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847), Haakon the Young (1232), Per Petterson (1952), and Egil Danielsen (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In Norway

Among politicians born in Norway, Einar Gerhardsen ranks 52. Before him are Johan Nygaardsvold (1879), Thorbjørn Jagland (1950), Trygve Bratteli (1910), Jacob Tullin Thams (1898), Sigurd Slembe (1100), and Elise Ottesen-Jensen (1886). After him are Haakon the Young (1232), Jacob Aall (1773), Erling Skakke (1115), Odvar Nordli (1927), Eva Joly (1943), and Haakon Ericsson (995).

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