Alternative History
Republic of Norway
Republikken Norge
Flag of Norway
1918–1948 Flag of Norway
Flag of Norway Coat of arms of Norway (1924) no crown
Flag Coat of arms
Norwegian People's Republic map Differently
Capital Oslo
Government Unitary provisional republic
(1918–1920)
Unitary parliamentary republic
(1920–1948)
President
 -  1918–1928 Jens Hundseid
 -  1928–1944 Håkon Five
 -  1944–1948 Asbjørn Lindboe
Prime Minister
 -  1918–1923 (first) Otto Bahr Halvorsen
 -  1946–1948 (last) Arthur Nordlie
History
 -  Declared 22 November 1918
 -  Constitution adopted 11 August 1920
 -  Dissolved 19 May 1948

The First Norwegian Republic (Norwegian: Første norske republikk), officially the Republic of Norway (Norwegian: Republikken Norge) and sometimes referred to as the Hundseid Republic (Norwegian: Hundseid republikk), was the Norwegian republican state that existed from 1918 until 1948.

The republic came into existence after the Norwegian Revolution of 1918, when protests against Norway's involvement in the Great War resulted in King Friedrich I voluntarily abdicating after seeing his popularity decline. Immediately after his abdication, revolutioary Jens Hundseid was declared president of Norway. Originally the republic was supposed to act as the interim government before the election of a new monarch - initially, the most favoured candidate for the throne was Danish noble Christian of Denmark, grandson of Christian IX of Denmark. However, Christian rejected the throne, resulting in other options being broughout up, including the reinstatement of a personal union with either Sweden or Denmark. Rejecting other options, a republican constitution was officially adopted in August 1920.

In the first years of the republic's existence, Hundseid focused on repairing ties between Norway and all Allied powers of the Great War, restarting trade between the country and the other Scandinavian nations.