''Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge'' ( en, History of the Workers' Movement in Norway) is a six-volume work about the

labour movement The labour movement or labor movement consists of two main wings: the trade union movement (British English) or labor union movement (American English) on the one hand, and the political labour movement on the other. * The trade union movement ...

history of Norway. It was released between 1985 and 1990 by Tiden Norsk Forlag. It was not the first work about the history of the Norwegian labour movement.

Einhart Lorenz Einhart Lorenz (born 17 February 1940) is a German-Norwegian historian, and professor emeritus at the University of Oslo. Among his publications are his thesis from 1978, in german: Norwegische Arbeiterbewegung und Kommunistische Internationale 191 ...

released the two-volume work ''Arbeiderbevegelsens historie. En innføring. Norsk sosialisme i internasjonalt perspektiv'' in 1972 and 1974. This time, a large work was planned because of the 100th anniversary of the

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in 1987. As such, it is a party history combined with the history of other important parties as well as the trade union movement. Several of the editors and writers engaged in the project were in fact members of the Labour Party, or labour movement "sympathizers". The editors of the project were Edvard Bull, Jr., Arne Kokkvoll and Jakob Sverdrup. The first volume, ''Arbeiderklassen blir til. 1850–1900'' was written by Edvard Bull Jr. The second volume, ''På klassekampens grunn. 1900–1920'' was written by Øyvind Bjørnson. The third volume, ''Gjennom kriser til makt. 1920–1935'' was written by Per Maurseth. The fourth volume, ''Klassen og nasjonen. 1935–1946'' was written by Tore Pryser. The fifthg volume, ''Storhetstid. 1945–1965'' was written by Trond Bergh. The sixth volume, ''Nye utfordringer. 1965–1990'' was written by Jostein Nyhamar. The volumes were published unevenly, with the first volume released in 1985, the third and fifth in 1987, the fourth in 1988, and the second and sixth in 1990.

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