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Arbeidernes Esperantoforbund ( no, Workers' Esperanto Association) was an association in the Norwegian labour movement that worked for the introduction of the
Esperanto language Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...
. Arbeidernes Esperantoforbund was established on 30 August 1924. Most members were also members of the
Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda (SAT; en, World Anational Association) is an independent worldwide cultural Esperanto association of a general left-wing orientation. Its headquarters are in Paris. According to Jacques Schram, chairman of the Executi ...
.
Hans Aas Hans Aas (22 September 1880 – 5 August 1960) was a Norwegian trade unionist. Aas was born in Tromsø. He joined his first trade union in 1906, and chaired the union from 1914 to 1930. Having broken away from the Labour Party and joined the Co ...
was a driving force. At its establishment it was supported verbally by the Labour Party, the Social Democratic Labour Party, the
Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...
and the
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions ( no, Landsorganisasjonen i Norge, LO) is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions ...
. This, writes a historian, was a "rare instance of a unity front" in Norway. Arbeidernes Esperantoforbund's periodic publication was ''Arbeider-Esperantisten''.


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Organizations established in 1924 Language organisations of Norway Esperanto organizations Esperanto workers movement {{Norway-org-stub