Ole Olsen Lian (10 November 1868 – 20 February 1925) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Tønsberg. In April 1891 in

Kristiania Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

he married Elida Josefine Karoline Ellingsen. He settled in Kristiania in 1889 to work as a

typographer Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing ( leading), an ...

after a period at sea. He became active in the

Norwegian Central Union of Book Printers The Norwegian Central Union of Book Printers ( no, Norsk Centralforening for Boktrykkere, FFNB) was a trade union representing typographers and those in related trades in Norway. The union was founded on 1 October 1882, the first trade union to be ...

, and became chairman in 1903. In 1905 he became deputy chairman of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, advancing to chairman in 1906. He served as such until his death in 1925. As a politician he was a member of Kristiania city council from 1908 to 1916, and was elected to the

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and

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. He was the deputy chairman of the Labour Party from 1912 to 1918, and a central board member for as long as he chaired the Confederation of Trade Unions.

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1868 births 1925 deaths Politicians from Tønsberg Norwegian sailors Norwegian typographers and type designers Politicians from Oslo Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Norwegian trade unionists Norwegian magazine founders {{norway-politician-stub