Peder Kaasmoli (1884 – 1931) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

newspaper editor and politician for the

Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

and

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parties. He hailed from

Misvær Misvær is a village in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Misværfjorden, about southeast of the town of Bodø in the Skjerstad district of Bodø. The village has a population (2011) of 245. The ...

. He started his career as a mining worker, with tenures in

Sulitjelma , , or is a village in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. Sulitjelma is situated in a lush inland valley at an elevation of above mean sea level, above sea level. It is located on the shore of Langvatnet (Fauske), Langvatnet ...

and

Kirkenes Kirkenes (; ; Skolt Sami: ''Ǩeârkknjargg;'' fi, Kirkkoniemi; ; russian: Киркенес) is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, in the far northeastern part of Norway. The town ...

. He edited the newspapers '' Vest-Finnmarken Socialdemokrat'' from 1916 to 1917 and ''

Nordlys ''Nordlys'' is a Norwegian newspaper published in Tromsø, covering the region of Troms, and the largest newspaper in Northern Norway. History and profile ''Nordlys'' was founded in 1902 by Alfred Eriksen, who also was its first editor-in-chie ...

'' from 1917. While editing ''Nordlys'' he was a member of

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies ...

city council for several years. When the Labour Party split in 1923, Kaasmoli joined the Communist Party. The newspaper situation in the city was complicated. ''Nordlys'' first followed the Communist Party, but he was fired as the newspaper came on Labour Party hands with issues on 15 and 17 November 1923. On 17 November, the Communist Party also made a one-off issue of the new newspaper ''

Troms Fylkes Kommunistblad ''Troms Fylkes Kommunistblad'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Tromsø in Troms county. ''Troms Fylkes Kommunistblad'' was started in a complicated situation. It belonged to the Communist Party which broke away from the Labour Party in 19 ...

'', before ''Nordlys'' returned to Communist Party hands from 20 November 1923 to 20 January 1924. Kaasmoli was also re-hired. Then, after ''Nordlys'' again became a Labour newspaper, ''

'' was restarted. Kaasmoli edited it until the newspaper's demise later in 1924. He died in 1931.

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1884 births 1931 deaths People from Nordland Norwegian newspaper editors Politicians from Tromsø Politicians from Bodø Labour Party (Norway) politicians Communist Party of Norway politicians {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub