The state secretaries' average age when the Governments came to power (1945-present)

Average ages
Start	Government	Age
1945	Einar Gerhardsen's First Government	29.0 years
1945	Einar Gerhardsen's Second Government	32.0 years
1951	Oscar F. Torp's Government	42.2 years
1955	Einar Gerhardsen's Third Government	44.6 years
1963	John Lyng's Government	43.9 years
1963	Einar Gerhardsen's Fourth Government	49.7 years
1965	Per Borten's Government	43.4 years
1971	Trygve Bratteli's First Government	44.1 years
1972	Lars Korvald's Government	39.4 years
1973	Trygve Bratteli's Second Government	41.4 years
1976	Odvar Nordli's Government	41.7 years
1981	Gro Harlem Brundtland's First Government	43.6 years
1981	Kåre Willoch's First Government	42.8 years
1983	Kåre Willoch's Second Government	43.2 years
1986	Gro Harlem Brundtland's Second Government	43.8 years
1989	Jan P. Syse's Government	42.5 years
1990	Gro Harlem Brundtland's Third Government	43.0 years
1996	Thorbjørn Jagland's Government	45.3 years
1997	Kjell Magne Bondevik's First Government	45.3 years
2000	Jens Stoltenberg's First Government	45.0 years
2001	Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Government	41.9 years
2005	Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government	42.2 years

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