title: Willoch's First Cabinet
text: # Willoch's First Cabinet
  
  Willoch's First Cabinet was a minority, Conservative Government of Norway. It succeeded Brundtland's First Cabinet (which was a Labour government), after the Conservative victory in the 1981 Storting election; and sat from 14 October 1981 to 8 June 1983. It was replaced by Willoch's Second Cabinet, a coalition of the Conservative, Centre and Christian Democrat parties to form a majority government. Willoch's First Cabinet was the first Conservative-only cabinet since Stang's Second Cabinet of 1893–95, and there has not been another Conservative-only cabinet since.
  
  ## Members
  
  Willoch's first cabinet had the following composition, with all of its members serving from 14 October 1981 to 8 June 1983:
  
  | Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Prime Minister | Kåre Willoch | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Svenn Stray | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Finance and Customs | Rolf Presthus | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Defence | Anders C. Sjaastad | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Justice and the Police | Mona Røkke | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Transport and Communications | Inger Koppernæs | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Local Government and Labour | Arne Rettedal | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Education and Church Affairs | Tore Austad | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Culture and Research | Lars Roar Langslet | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Social Affairs | Leif Arne Heløe | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Agriculture | Johan C. Løken | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Industry | Jens-Halvard Bratz | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Trade and Shipping | Arne Skauge | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Family Affairs and Government Administration | Astrid Gjertsen | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of the Environment | Wenche Frogn Sellæg | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Petroleum and Energy | Vidkunn Hveding | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  | Minister of Fisheries | Thor Listau | 14 October 1981 | 8 June 1983 | Conservative |
  