Clarté (
French for "clarity") was a
socialist
Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ...
and
pacifist organisation in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
.
It was founded in 1925, and had its roots in a French-based international organization of the same name. The international organization became defunct in 1923, but French and Swedish branches existed, and Danish and Finnish branches came in 1925 and 1926.
In Norway, Clarté was strongly affiliated with the organization ''
Mot Dag
Mot Dag (, 'Towards Day') was a Norwegian political group. The group was active from the 1920s to the early 1930s and was first affiliated with the Labour Party. After World War II, many of its former members were leaders in Norwegian politics and ...
'', and ''Mot Dag''
's
Arne Ording
Arne Ording (7 May 1898 – 26 July 1967) was a Norwegian historian and politician for ''Mot Dag'' and the Labour Party.
Pre-war life and career
Ording was born in Kristiania as a son of theology professor Johannes Ording (1869–1929) and Fredr ...
was chairman. Ording also edited the organization's periodical, also named ''Clarté''.
[ This was published between 1929 and 1931.][ Clarté in Norway existed until 1936, when it was reorganized with the new name Forum.][ ''Mot Dag'' was disestablished in the same year.
It split in 1940. In light of the ]Winter War
The Winter War,, sv, Vinterkriget, rus, Зи́мняя война́, r=Zimnyaya voyna. The names Soviet–Finnish War 1939–1940 (russian: link=no, Сове́тско-финская война́ 1939–1940) and Soviet–Finland War 1 ...
, then-chairman of ''Forum'', Gudmund Harlem
Gudmund Harlem (24 July 1917 – 22 March 1988) was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Labour Party. He was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs from 1955 to 1961 and Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1961 to 1965 (except for a s ...
, proposed that communists be barred from membership in the organization. 74 voted for, 78 voted against, and the minority left the organization to form '' Sosialistisk Studentlag''.
References
Peace organisations based in Norway
Organizations established in 1925
Organizations disestablished in 1936
Socialism in Norway
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