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Arbeideren (Hamar)
''Arbeideren'' ("The Worker") was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Hamar, Hedmark county. It was started in 1909 as the press organ of the Labour Party (Norway), Labour Party in Hedemarken and its adjoining regions, and was called ''Demokraten'' ("The Democrat") until 1923. It was issued three days a week between 1909 and 1913, six days a week in 1914, three days a week again between 1914 and 1918 before again increasing to six days a week. It was renamed to ''Arbeideren'' in 1923, and in the same year it was taken over by the Communist Party of Norway, Norwegian Communist Party. The Communist Party incorporated the newspaper ''Gudbrandsdalens Arbeiderblad'' into ''Arbeideren'' in 1924, and until 1929 the newspaper was published under the name ''Arbeideren og Gudbrandsdalens Arbeiderblad''. After ''Arbeideren'' had gone defunct, the name was used by the Communist Party for other newspapers elsewhere. The chief editors of the newspaper were Olav Kringen (1909–1913), Ole Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olav Kringen
Olav Kringen (24 July 1867 – 6 October 1951) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born at a croft in Sel, and was a manual laborer in Norway before emigrating to the United States in 1887. There, he studied and took a teacher education. He worked as a teacher in Minnesota and Dakota. For the next two years he worked in the press, editing the magazine ''Nye Nordmanden'' and '' Fremad''. He was also a correspondent for the newspaper ''Labour Leader'', having been influenced by Keir Hardie and socialism in general. Upon his return to Norway in 1897, he became affiliated with the Labour Party, and was hired in their newspaper ''Social-Demokraten''. He was involved in the Second International from 1900 to 1906, being a delegate at the International Socialist Congress, Paris 1900 and the International Socialist Congress, Amsterdam 1904. He is well known for translating "The Internationale" and the '' Communist Manifesto'' into Norwegian. He continued writing for ''Labour Leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Olai Thornæs
Knut Olai Thornæs (30 May 1874 – 1945) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician. He was a member of the Labour Party from 1900, and represented the party politically, but joined the Communist Party upon the split in 1923. Thornæs was the editor-in-chief of several newspapers, most notably ''Ny Tid''. Career Thornæs hailed from Kristiansund. Having first worked a few years as a manual laborer, in 1893 he completed his typographer's education, and moved to Trondhjem. He became involved in his local trade union, and in 1900 he joined the Norwegian Labour Party. Thornæs published the temperance periodical ''Reform'' in 1901, but was soon hired as a journalist in ''Folketidende''. In 1902, he was hired in the local Labour Party organ, ''Ny Tid''. He worked here for many years, except for the period between 1906 and 1908, when he edited a Fredrikstad newspaper, '' Smaalenenes Social-Demokrat''. Thornæs was elected to serve in Trondhjem city council in 1914, and was re-ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gudbrandsdalen
Gudbrandsdalen (; en, Gudbrand Valley) is a valley and traditional district in the Norwegian county of Innlandet (formerly Oppland). The valley is oriented in a north-westerly direction from Lillehammer and the lake of Mjøsa, extending toward the Romsdalen valley. The river Gudbrandsdalslågen (Lågen) flows through the valley, starting from the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet and ending at the lake Mjøsa. The Otta river which flows through Otta valley is a major tributary to the main river Lågen. The valleys of the tributary rivers such as Otta and Gausa (Gausdal) are usually regarded as part of Gudbrandsdalen. The total area of the valley is calculated from the areas of the related municipalities. Gudbrandsdalen is the main valley in a web of smaller valleys. On the western (right hand) side there are long adjacent valleys: Ottadalen stretches from Otta village, Gausdal some from Lillehammer and Heidal some from Sjoa. Gudbrandsdalen runs between the major mountain ranges of Norw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norsk Biografisk Leksikon
is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia. The first edition (NBL1) was issued between 1921 and 1983, including 19 volumes and 5,100 articles. It was published by Aschehoug with economic support from the state. bought the rights to NBL1 from Aschehoug in 1995, and after a pre-project in 1996–97 the work for a new edition began in 1998. The project had economic support from the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Ministry of Culture, and the second edition (NBL2) was launched in the years 1999–2005, including 10 volumes and around 5,700 articles. In 2006 the work for an electronic edition of NBL2 began, with support from the same institutions. In 2009 an Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ... edition, with free access, was released by together with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mjøsa Cities
Mjøsa Cities ( no, Mjøsbyene) is the name of a metropolitan region around the lake Mjøsa in the counties of Oppland (population: 90,906) and Hedmark (84,547), Norway. Usually the name ''Mjøsbyene'' refers to Gjøvik, Hamar and Lillehammer but it is also used as a reference to the area in general. The largest of those cities is Hamar Hamar is a town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the traditional region of Hedmarken. The town is located on the shores of Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake .... 1/ km²2/ Population per km² {{DEFAULTSORT:Mjosa Cities Metropolitan regions of Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solungen (defunct Newspaper)
''Solungen'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Åsnes in Hedmark county. ''Solungen'' was started in Flisa on 8 September 1904 by Evald Bosse (not to be confused with Ewald Bosse). As indicated by its name, it covered the district Solør and had the subtitle ''Organ for Solørdistrikterne''. It was an apolitical, or non-partisan, newspaper. When Bosse moved from Flisa in 1906, he wanted to sell it. His asking price was , but J. M. Enger and August Embretsen from the local labour movement bargained the price down to NOK 6,000. The Norwegian Labour Party formally took over the newspaper on 1 January 1907. Embretsen became the first labour mayor in Åsnes in 1910. The newspaper faced problems in the local community, especially with lack of advertisements, but also when the landlord of their headquarters unilaterally stopped the tenancy in the summer of 1907. The newspaper was moved to Kjellmyra. ''Solungen'' pretended to be an organ for the whole of Hedmark county, as the Lab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solør
Solør is a Norwegian traditional district consisting of the valley between Elverum in the north and Kongsvinger in the south. It is part of Innlandet county and it includes the municipalities Våler, Åsnes, and Grue. Glomma valley Glommadal (''Glåmdalen'') is a designation for the valley formed by the river Glåma (also called the Glomma), which is the longest and largest river in Norway. From Lake Aursund in the north on south to Elverum, the valley is called the Østerdalen. From that point south until Kongsvinger, it is referred to as Solør. As in turns westerly from Kongsvinger until Nes, it is called the Odalen. These designations are also traditional districts, reflecting the designations locals used for their valleys. Name ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagsavisen
''Dagsavisen'' is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway. The former party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, the ties loosened over time from 1975 to 1999. It has borne several names, and was called ''Arbeiderbladet'' from 1923 to 1997. Eirik Hoff Lysholm is editor-in-chief. The newspaper depends on economic support from the Norwegian Government. History ''Dagsavisen'' was established by Christian Holtermann Knudsen in 1884 under the name ''Vort Arbeide'' ('Our Work' in archaic Riksmål), and was affiliated with the trade union center ''Fagforeningernes Centralkomité''. Holtermann Knudsen also had to establish his own printing press since the existing printing presses did not want to be affiliated with a labourer's newspaper. The fledgling project was marred by economic problems, and the burden of writing, editing, and printing lay chiefly on Knudsen. In 1885 the newly founded association ''Socialdemokratisk Forening'' formally took over the newspaper. The name was chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stange
is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebyen. Other villages include Bekkelaget, Innlandet, Bekkelaget, Espa, Bottenfjellet, Ilseng, Ottestad, Sandvika, Innlandet, Sandvika, Sinnerud, Starhellinga, Tangen, and Romedal (village), Romedal. The municipality is the 157th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Stange is the 59th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,156. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 10.2% over the previous 10-year period. General information The parish of Stange was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
