title: Knudsen's First Cabinet
text: # Knudsen's First Cabinet
  
  Knudsen's First Cabinet governed Norway between 19 March 1908 and 2 February 1910. It had the following composition:
  
  ## Cabinet members
  
  | Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Prime Minister Minister of Finance Minister of Auditing | Gunnar Knudsen | 19 March 1908 | 2 February 1910 | Liberal |
  | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Wilhelm Christophersen | 19 March 1908 | 2 February 1910 | Liberal |
  | Minister of Justice and the Police | Johan Castberg | 19 March 1908 | 2 February 1910 | Radical People's |
  | Minister of Defence | Thomas Heftye | 19 March 1908 | 11 April 1908 | Liberal |
  | Minister of Defence | Haakon D. Lowzow | 11 April 1908 | 20 August 1909 | Liberal |
  | Minister of Defence | August Spørck | 20 August 1909 | 2 February 1910 | Liberal |
  | Minister of Agriculture | Hans Konrad Foosnæs | 19 March 1908 | 2 February 1910 | Liberal |
  | Minister of Education and Church Affairs | Karl Seip | 19 March 1908 | 16 September 1909 | Liberal |
  | Minister of Education and Church Affairs | Johannes Hougen | 18 September 1909 | 2 February 1910 | Liberal |
  | Minister of Trade | Lars Abrahamsen | 19 March 1908 | 2 February 1910 | Liberal |
  | Minister of Labour | Nils Claus Ihlen | 19 March 1908 | 2 February 1910 | Liberal |
  
  ## State Secretary
  
  Not to be confused with the modern title State Secretary. The old title State Secretary, used between 1814 and 1925, is now known as Secretary to the Government (Regjeringsråd).
  
  * Nils Otto Hesselberg
  