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Arne Kokkvoll
Arne Kokkvoll (1925 – 19 September 1998) was a Norwegians, Norwegian historian, librarian/archivist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party. Biography He was born at Kokkvollen in Røros, and took the cand.philol. degree in 1957. His master's thesis was about Johannes Nesse, and it was published later as a book. Kokkvoll worked as a teacher and was a research assistant at the Norwegian Institute of Local History before being hired as director of the Labour Movement Archive and Library. He held this post until 1987, and was also acting docent at the University of Trondheim from 1976 to 1978. He was later the director of Olavsgruva Museum in Røros. He was also a leader of the Norwegian Movement for Vietnam from 1969 to 1972, and he led ''Oslo Arbeidersamfunn'' from 1966 to 1967. From 1988 to 1991 he was the mayor of Røros, representing the Labour Party. Kokkvoll was not a prolific writer, but held many lectures, especially for the labour movement. He published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Movement For Vietnam
The Norwegian Movement for Vietnam ( no, Vietnambevegelsen i Norge) was a Norwegian advocacy group. Its purpose was to convey friendship and solidarity with "people of Indochina", opposing the Vietnam War. It was created in January 1968 as an offshoot of the Norwegian Solidarity Committee for Vietnam, which had been hijacked by the Socialist Youth League (SUF) to the dismay of the Workers' Youth League (Norway), Workers' Youth League. Eventually, the Movement for Vietnam was joined by Socialist Youth (Norway), Socialist Youth, the Young Communist League of Norway, Young Communist League as well as various trade unions and women's organizations. Leaders of the Movement for Vietnam include Arne Kokkvoll (1969–1972), MP Tove Pihl (1973–1974), and Jostein Nyhamar. References ;Further reading * Political advocacy groups in Norway Anti–Vietnam War groups 1968 establishments in Norway {{Norway-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |