Rune Fredh (12 July 1945 – 23 August 2006) was a Norwegian politician who was Party Secretary of the

Socialist Electoral League The Socialist Left Party of Norway ( no, Sosialistisk Venstreparti or SV) was founded in 1975. Its history shows a long-term rise in political influence, resulting in part from its emergence from older left-wing parties, especially the Socialist ...

and later the Socialist Left Party from 1973–1977.

Early life and career

Fredh was born on 23 September 1945 in Borge,

Østfold Østfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in southeastern Norway. It borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other side ...

. He started his political career as a member of the communist party youth wing. He later became chairman of the Labour Party of the

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...

and became a member of the Bergen City Council. He later became a member of the Communist Party and when the party participated in the

, he was elected Organizational Secretary of the coalition in the

national convention The National Convention (french: link=no, Convention nationale) was the parliament of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for the rest of its existence during the French Revolution, following the two-year Nationa ...

of 1973. He was a notable figure during the unification process, and sided with the coalition "supporters" led by Reidar T. Larsen in the Communist Party. When the party broke off its ties to the Socialist Left Party Fredh left the Communist Party to become a member of the Socialist Left. In the new party's first national convention he was elected party secretary. In 1977 he was replaced by Lasse Jahnsen in the role of secretary. In 1989 he became Secretary of the People's Alliance for Environment, Labor and Welfare, a small county list in Østfold which sought to support the candidacy of Larsen; he'd lost his seat in the 1977 election. The coalition was made up of local Labour, Socialist Left and Communist Party members.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fredh, Rune 1945 births 2006 deaths Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Fredrikstad