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Kine Asper Vistnes
Kine Asper Vistnes (born 11 January 1977) is a Norwegian trade unionist. A former secretary for the union, she has been deputy leader of the United Federation of Trade Unions since 2022. Career Vistnes hails from Akershus. She worked at the Nexans cable factory in Langhus, and became active in her local trade union, the United Federation of Trade Unions (in Norwegian ). She was elected secretary for the union in 2013, and when she advanced to deputy leader in 2022, she was the first female to hold that position. In 2025 she was listed as one of the two candidates (along with Frode Alfheim) for becoming new president of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (, LO) is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions affiliated to the LO have almo ... after Peggy Hessen Følsvik. In May 2025 she was elected the new le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaders Of The Norwegian Confederation Of Trade Unions
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) was founded in 1899, and has had the following leaders: Leaders *1899-1900: Hans G. Jensen *1900-1901: Dines Jensen *1901-1904: Adolf Pedersen *1904-1905: Joh. Johansen *1905-1906: Adolf Pedersen *1906-1925: Ole O. Lian *1925-1934: Halvard Olsen *1934-1939: Olav Hindahl *1939-1965: Konrad Nordahl *1965-1969: Parelius Mentsen *1969-1977: Tor Aspengren *1977-1987: Tor Halvorsen *1987-1989: Leif Haraldseth *1989-2001: Yngve Haagensen *2001-2007: Gerd-Liv Valla *2007-2013: Roar Flåthen *2013-2017: Gerd Kristiansen *2017-2021: Hans-Christian Gabrielsen *2021-2025: Peggy Hessen Følsvik *2025-inc.: Kine Asper Vistnes Leaders during World War II Under World War II, LO was usurped by the Nazis, all other activity was illegal. Leaders of the legal LO were: *1940: Elias Volan *1940-1941: Jens Tangen *1941-1945: Odd Fossum *1945: Kåre Rein External links Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions- Official site Trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Hessen Følsvik
Peggy Hessen Følsvik (born 12 November 1960) is a Norwegian trade unionist. She was elected first deputy leader of Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions at the LO congress in 2017. In March 2021, she became the president of the union after the death of Hans-Christian Gabrielsen. She was elected to a term in her own right in June 2022. She didn't seek re-election in 2025, when she was succeeded by Kine Asper Vistnes Kine Asper Vistnes (born 11 January 1977) is a Norwegian trade unionist. A former secretary for the union, she has been deputy leader of the United Federation of Trade Unions since 2022. Career Vistnes hails from Akershus. She worked at the Nexa ... as the new leader of the confederation. She previously worked as a flight attendant in Widerøes Flyveselskap and Braathens SAFE where she was elected full-time shop steward in 1998. She was elected deputy head of Trade and Office in Norway in 2004 and was the first secretary of the LO from 2013 to 2017.60 års omta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Federation Of Trade Unions
The United Federation of Trade Unions () is a general union in Norway. With a membership of 174,985 it is the largest private sector union in the country. History The union is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). The union organises mainly members in the iron and metal industry, the shipbuilding industry, graphical sector, car repair workshops, aircraft repair workshops, hotel- and restaurants, the textile industry, the shoe industry, the building trade, the building industry, the paper industry, graphical branches, fish farming, and agriculture and forestry. More than 200 different trades and occupations are covered by the union. It was established on 8 May 1988 as a merger among: * the Garment Workers' Union (', established 1969) * Norwegian Union of Building Industry Workers (', established 1923) * Norwegian Union of Iron and Metalworkers (', established 1891) * Norwegian Union of Paper Industry Workers (', established 1913) * the Norwegian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akershus
Akershus () is a county in Norway, with Oslo as its administrative centre, though Oslo is not located within Akershus. Akershus has been a region in Eastern Norway with Oslo as its main city since the Middle Ages, and is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo and ultimately after the medieval farm Aker in Oslo. From the Middle Ages to 1919, Akershus was a main fief and main county that included most of Eastern Norway, and from the 17th century until 2020 and again from 2024, Akershus also has a more narrow meaning as a smaller central county in the Greater Oslo Region. Akershus is Norway's largest county by population with over 716,000 inhabitants. Originally Akershus was one of four main fiefs in Norway and included almost all of Eastern Norway. The original Akershus became a main county (''Stiftamt'' or ''Stift'') in 1662 and was sometimes also known as ''Christiania Stift''. It included several subcounties (''Amt'' or ''Underamt''); in 1682 its most central areas, con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nexans
Nexans S.A. is a global company in the cable and optical fibre industry headquartered in Paris, France. The group is active in four main business areas: buildings and territories (construction, local infrastructure, smart cities / grids, e-mobility), high voltage and projects ( offshore wind farms, subsea interconnections, land high voltage), data and telecoms (telecom networks), data transmission, FTTx, LAN cabling, renewable energies, petroleum, railways and rolling stock, aeronautical and automation. It is the world's second largest manufacturer of cables after Prysmian S.p.A. In 2017 the Group operated in 34 countries with over 26,000 employees and sales of around €6.4 billion. Nexans was founded in 2000 as a business unit of the telecommunications firm Alcatel after its acquisition of a number of companies in the cable sector. It was spun out and listed on the Paris stock exchange the following year. It is currently listed on Euronext Paris, Compartment A. Nexans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langhus
Langhus is a suburban area in the municipality of Ski, Norway, Nordre Follo in Akershus, Norway. With a population of about 13,000, Langhus includes the local areas of Bøleråsen, Vevelstad and Langhus. Transport The village is stretched along the Østfold Line, Østfold railway line, which runs between Oslo S and Ski Station, Ski and includes Langhus Station, Langhus and Vevelstad Station, Vevelstad railway stations. The distance between Langhus and Vevelstad stations is 650 metres. Education There are three primary schools in Langhus (Bøleråsen Skole, Vevelstadåsen Skole and Langhus Skole) and one Secondary School (Haugjordet Ungdomsskole). Another secondary school, Vevelstad Ungdomskole, was located near the church but is now no longer in use. Other facilities The commercial centre of Langhus is known as Langhussenteret and includes Langhus Post Office, a supermarket, cafes and other stores. A gas station is located north of Langhussenteret. Following release of new res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Union
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and Employee benefits, benefits, improving Work (human activity), working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers. Trade unions typically fund their head office and legal team functions through regularly imposed fees called ''union dues''. The union representatives in the workforce are usually made up of workplace volunteers who are often appointed by members through internal democratic elections. The trade union, through an elected leadership and bargaining committee, bargains with the employer on behalf of its members, known as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frode Alfheim
Frode Alfheim (born 25 July 1967 in Dønna Municipality) is a Norwegian trade unionist and president of the Norwegian trade union Forbundet Styrke from 2017. He was the deputy chairman of its predecessor Norwegian Oil and Petrochemical Union (NOPEF) from 2004 to 2006, union-political area head for Industri Energi between 2006 and 2010, and deputy chairman of Industri Energi from 2010 to 2017. Alfheim has been professionally active since 1986. In 2018, Frode Alfheim was elected as leader of the world's oil and energy workers during IndustriALL Global's energy section's world conference in St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601, ... on July 25 and 26. Alfheim is chairman of the committee that decides who will receive the annual Arthur Svensson Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Confederation Of Trade Unions
The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (, LO) is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions affiliated to the LO have almost 1,000,000 members of a Norwegian population of 5 million. The majority of affiliated unions organizes traditional blue collar workers, but the largest affiliate is the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees which makes up more than a third of all members. LO is affiliated to the ITUC and the ETUC. It was named the Workers' National Trade Union (, AFL) from 1899 to 1957. Affiliated with the Labour Party throughout its history, several of LO's member unions have concurrently been member bodies in the Labour Party. The organization owns the Norwegian Labour Movement Archives and Library. Affiliates Current affiliates Former affiliates See also * Leaders of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions * LO Stat *Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Births
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 – 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 23 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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People From Lørenskog
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
