''Sosialdemokrater mot EU'' ( en, Social Democrats against the EU) 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 ...

interest organization which opposed a future Norwegian membership in the

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, coupled with a

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ideology. It was special in that the Social Democrat

Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party ( nb, Arbeiderpartiet; nn, Arbeidarpartiet; A/Ap; se, Bargiidbellodat), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party ( no, Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA), is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centr ...

, spearheaded by

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, strongly supported such a membership. ''Sosialdemokrater mot EU'' was active in 1993 and 1994, around the

1994 Norwegian European Union membership referendum A referendum on joining the European Union was held in Norway on 27 and 28 November 1994. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 After a long period of heated debate, the "no" side won with 52.2 per cent o ...

where a majority rejected the membership. Its leader was

Hallvard Bakke Hallvard Bakke (born 4 February 1943 in Flesberg) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Trade and Shipping 1976–1979, and Minister of Culture 1986–1989. From 2006 to 2010, he was the chairman of the Norwegian B ...

, and its vice leader was

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. Its members of the board included

Anneliese Dørum Anneliese Dørum (3 October 1939 – 4 November 2000) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Trondheim. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1985, and was re-elected on three occasions. S ...

. While the Labour Party supported EU membership, their young wing Workers' Youth League was the most active organization within ''Sosialdemokrater mot EU''.

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chaired the Workers' Youth League at that time, and many young Labour Party politicians worked as secretaries, including

Anne Marit Bjørnflaten Anne Marit Bjørnflaten (born 18 June 1969 in Harstad) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Between 2000 and 2001, during Stoltenberg's first cabinet, Bjørnflaten was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sh ...

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, Synnøve Konglevoll, and Wegard Harsvik.Regjeringen.no biography for Wegard Harsvik
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