Sigurd Allern (born 5 September 1946) is a Norwegian

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and the first professor of

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at the

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.Sigurd Allern
in

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He was also one of the central people in starting the Workers' Communist Party of Norway in the early 1970s, and was the first chairman of the party between 1973 and 1975 and at the same time chairman of the Red Electoral Alliance. He was also editor-in-chief of '' Klassekampen'' from 1969 to 1970, and again from 1979 to 1995.

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1946 births Living people Workers' Communist Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian educators Norwegian newspaper editors Academic staff of the University of Oslo Leaders of political parties in Norway Klassekampen editors {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub