Torolv Solheim (7 November 1907,

Radøy Radøy is a former municipality in the Nordhordland district of the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1964 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into the new municipality of Alver in Vestland county. The mun ...

– 23 May 1995) was a Norwegian educator, essayist, resistance member and politician. He was originally a politician for the

Communist Party of Norway The Communist Party of Norway ( no, Norges Kommunistiske Parti, NKP) is a communist party in Norway. The NKP was formed in 1923, following a split in the Norwegian Labour Party. It was Stalinist from its establishment and, as such, supported t ...

, later a member of the

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 ...

, he was among the initiators of the Socialist People's Party, founded in 1961, and its chairman from 1969 to 1971. He was later a member of the Socialist Left Party. He edited the magazine ''Fossegrimen'' from 1954 to 1968.

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1907 births 1995 deaths People from Radøy Norwegian resistance members Communist Party of Norway politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub