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Aud Gustad
Aud Solveig Gustad, née Lund Olsen (1 May 1917 – 30 April 2000) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Communist Party (Norway), Communist and Socialist Left Party (Norway), Socialist Left parties. She was born in Trondheim as a daughter of worker Jens Valdemar Lund Olsen (1894–1970) and cleaner Jenny Oline Emilie Hansen (1896–1966). She was active in the Norwegian communists' pioneer movement from 1930, and from 1935 to 1939 she was active in the Young Communist League of Norway. She examen artium, finished her secondary education at Trondheim Cathedral School in 1937 and started as a journalist in ''Ny Tid (Trondheim), Ny Tid'' in the same year. After a stint as telephone worker from 1938 until 1944 she briefly returned to ''Ny Tid'' in 1945. The Second World War was over, and she briefly served in the Communist Party (Norway), Communist Party women's committee. In 1939 she had married worker Helge Kristian Gustad. She left the workforce for some years, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party (Norway)
The Communist Party of Norway ( no, Norges Kommunistiske Parti, NKP) is a communist party in Norway. The NKP was formed in 1923, following a split in the Norwegian Labour Party. It was Stalinist from its establishment and, as such, supported the Soviet government while opposing Trotskyism. During the Second World War, the NKP initially opposed active resistance to the German occupation, in deference to the non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Germany. Once Germany terminated the pact and attacked the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of Norway joined the resistance. As a result of its role in the anti-Nazi struggle, the NKP experienced a brief surge in popularity immediately after the war, but popular sympathy waned with the onset of the Cold War. The ruling Labour Party took a hard line against the communists, culminating in Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen's 1948 condemnatory Kråkerøy speech. Norwegian authorities considered the party an extremist organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
