Jens Bratlie

Jens Bratlie
5th Prime Minister of Norway
In office 20 February 1912 – 31 January 1913
Monarch	Haakon VII
Preceded by	Wollert Konow
Succeeded by	Gunnar Knudsen
President of the Storting
In office 1910 – 1912 Served with Magnus Halvorsen and Wollert Konow
Preceded by	Edvard A. Liljedahl Gunnar Knudsen Carl Berner
Succeeded by	Jørgen Løvland Søren Tobias Årstad Gunnar Knudsen
Minister of Defence
In office 20 February 1912 – 31 January 1913
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Karl Bull
Succeeded by	Hans Vilhelm Keilhau
Minister of Finance
In office 20 February 1912 – 31 january 1913
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Wollert Konow
Succeeded by	Gunnar Knudsen
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1901–1912
Constituency	Uranienborg
In office 1916–1918
Constituency	Uranienborg
Personal details
Born	17 January 1856 Nordre Land, Norway
Died	15 September 1939(1939-09-15) (aged 83) Oslo, Norway
Resting place	Vår Frelsers Gravlund
Political party	Conservative Party
Other political affiliations	National Legion
Residence	Utøya
Alma mater	The Royal Frederick University
Awards	Order of St. Olav Order of Vasa Order of the Dannebrog Order of the Sword
Military service
Allegiance	Norway
Service/branch	Norwegian Army
Years of service	1873 – 1929
Rank	Major General

Jens Kristian Meinich Bratlie (17 January 1856 – 15 September 1939) was a Norwegian politician, representing the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1912 to 1913.^[1] He was trained as an army officer (eventually rising to the level of Major General) and also obtained a law degree allowing him to work as a high-ranking civil servant. Bratlie held several offices such as leader of the conservative party (1910–11) and president of the parliament (1910–12). He is the only unmarried person to be prime minister of Norway. Bratlie came from a family of leading businessmen and civil servants.

In the 1927 Norwegian parliamentary election he was the fourth ballot candidate for the party National Legion, behind Karl Meyer, Frøis Frøisland and Thorvald Aadahl.^[2] In a press release, the National Legion (led by Meyer) stated that it had cherrypicked "strong" personalities to combat the hardships in Norwegian politics.^[3] Frøisland denounced the ballot in an Aftenposten piece, stating that himself, Aadahl and Bratlie was unwilling and unaware of the nomination. He stated that a vote for the National Legion would be a wasted vote in the struggle against the "communists". However, according to Norwegian election law the people who were listed on the ballot had no legal grounds to avoid being nominated.^[4] His interment was at Vår Frelsers gravlund.

References

Heads of government of Norway
First Ministers, 1814–1873	Haxthausen Rosenkrantz Sommerhielm Collett Krog Vogt Petersen F. Stang
Prime Ministers, 1873–1905	F. Stang Selmer Schweigaard Sverdrup E. Stang Steen E. Stang Hagerup Steen Blehr Hagerup
Prime Ministers, 1905–1940	Michelsen Løvland Knudsen Konow Bratlie Knudsen Halvorsen Blehr Halvorsen Berge Mowinckel Lykke Hornsrud Mowinckel Kolstad Hundseid Mowinckel Nygaardsvold
WWII 1940–1945	Nygaardsvold (Prime Minister in exile, 1940–1945) Quisling (Prime Minister, 1940 coup) Christensen (Chairman of the Administrative Council, 1940) Terboven (German Commissioner for Norway) Quisling (Minister President, 1942–1945)
Prime Ministers, 1945–	Gerhardsen Torp Gerhardsen Lyng Gerhardsen Borten Bratteli Korvald Bratteli Nordli Brundtland Willoch Brundtland Syse Brundtland Jagland Bondevik Stoltenberg Bondevik Stoltenberg Solberg