John Amandus Aae (26 October 1890 – 12 January 1968) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

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, but grew up in

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. He became manager of the newspaper ''

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'' in 1919. In the 1923 party split which saw the

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break away from the Labour Party, Aae sided with the Labour Party. As ''Ny Tid'' now sided with the Communist Party, Aae and others established a Labour newspaper ''

Arbeider-Avisen ''Arbeider-Avisa'' (founded as ''Arbeider-Avisen'', from 1946 ''Arbeider-Avisa'', from 1993 ''Avisa Trondheim'') was a daily newspaper published in Trondheim, Norway, started in 1924 and defunct in 1996. Until 1989 it was officially the newspap ...

''. Aae worked as manager from 1924. Having served as a member of

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municipal council from 1917 to 1923, Aae was elected to

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city council in 1928. He became deputy mayor in 1935. The

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hampered his career. ''Arbeider-Avisen'' was shut down by the authorities in 1941. Aae had to flee to

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in 1942, and worked as the camp director at

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from 1943 to 1945. After the war he returned as deputy mayor, advancing to the position of

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in 1948. He stepped down in 1957. In 1958 he also stepped down as ''Arbeider-Avisen'' manager.

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John Amandus Aae (1890-1968)
1890 births 1968 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of Trondheim Norwegian resistance members Norwegian expatriates in Sweden {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub