Arne Paasche Aasen (18 June 1901 – 1 November 1978) was a Norwegian politician, journalist and poet, who worked for the labour movement. He was born in

Steinkjer Steinkjer is a municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Steinkjer (town), town of Steinkjer which is located on th ...

as a son of teacher and politician

Augusta Aasen Augusta Aasen, née Paasche (19 May 1878 – 3 August 1920) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Osen as a daughter of Fredrik Christian Paasche and Pauline Sivertsdatter Vaagen. Together with book printer Edolf Aasen ...

, née Paasche (1878–1920) and typographer Edolf Aasen (1877–1969). The family soon moved to

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. In 1927 he married Valborg "Vaps" Moe (1901–1994). His sister was married to

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for some years. He joined the

Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party ( nb, Arbeiderpartiet; nn, Arbeidarpartiet; A/Ap; se, Bargiidbellodat), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party ( no, Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA), is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centr ...

at an early age. His mother was a central figure here before her early death. Aasen was also a member of the

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and was present at the congress of 24 April 1927 when the Left Communist Youth League was merged with the Socialist Youth League to found the Workers' Youth League. His poetic debut came in 1921 with the collection ''Sigd og hammer'' ("Sickle and Hammer"), where he hailed the revolution and

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. Later highlights among his poetry collections were ''Høstens have'' (1923), ''Plog og penn'' (1930), ''Verden vårt hjem'' (1931), ''Nakne livet'' (1935), ''Blomster og brød'' (1937) and ''Bak hvert vindu'' (1950). Many of his poems became songs, when given melodies by

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. Well-known working class anthems include "Frihetens forpost", "Seiren følger våre faner", "Sleggene synger (Samholdsangen)", and "Vi bygger landet". More popular songs include "De nære ting" and " Blåveispiken". "Blåveispiken" was recorded by

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and

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in 1950, and became a great success, selling 100,000 records. He worked as a journalist for a short time, in ''

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'' from 1924 to 1925 and also in Arbeidernes Pressekontor. He edited the Christmas magazine '' Arbeidets Jul''. He also wrote humorous petites in ''

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'' under the pseudonym Dorian Red. He died in November 1978 in Oslo.

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