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== History ==
=== Early years ===The party was founded in 1887, as the second political party in Norway. Despite the growing worker class in Norway, the party didn't get any representatives in the [[Stortinget|Storting]] until 1903. The first time the Labour Party was granted governmental power was in 1928, led by [[Christopher Hornsrud]] as Prime Minister. However, this government only lasted some few weeks, so the real start of the Labour Party's golden age as major governing party started in 1935, when the popular [[Johan Nygaardsvold]] became Prime Minister. His leadership during the [[Second World War]] increased the party's power. === Golden years, 1945–1965 1935–1965 ===
In the golden years, after the [[Second World War]], the party was led by [[Einar Gerhardsen]], being the Prime Minister of Norway 1945–1951, 1955–1963, and finally 1963–1965. During the break in 1963, the position was held by [[John Lyng]] from [[The Conservative Party (Norway)|The Conservative Party]]. In larger political context, the short break didn't bring much right-wing politics to Norway, but it made the right-wing parties become closer, and in 1965 the Labour Party's golden age ended when a right-wing coalition led by [[Per Borten]] was in power untill 1971.
