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Red Electoral Alliance
Red Electoral Alliance ( nb, Rød Valgallianse, nn, Raud Valallianse, RV) was an alliance of far-left groups formed into a Norwegian political party to promote revolutionary socialism ideals into the Norwegian parliament. The party dissolved itself on 10 March 2007, when it participated in the founding of a new party, Red (Rødt). Raud Ungdom or Rød Ungdom (Red Youth) was their youth organization. History While it was formed in 1973 as an election front for the Worker's Communist Party (marxist-leninist) (in Norwegian: ''Arbeidernes Kommunistparti (m-l), AKP(ml)''), the Red Electoral Alliance became an independent party in 1991, and after that, it scrapped many Leninist ideas. It remained a revolutionary party that, promoting an ideology based upon Marxism. From 1993 to 1997, Erling Folkvord represented RV in Stortinget, the Norwegian parliament. In 1997 the party got their highest recorded percentage of votes, with 1.7%. In spite of this, Folkvord lost his seat and no new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torstein Dahle
Torstein Dahle (born 20 February 1947) is a Norwegian politician and economist. He works at the Bergen University College and represents Red Party in the city council of Bergen. Dahle was born in Oslo. At age 14, Dahle joined Lambertseter Youth Conservatives (Unge Høyre). He attended Oslo Cathedral School and Oslo Commerce School. After moving to Bergen in 1966 he moved to the far left and co-founded the Maoist group AKP(m-l) in the early 1970s. He remained in the party until 1997. From 2003 to 2007, Dahle led the AKP(m-l)-initiated Red Electoral Alliance, which he had also helped establish. He continued on to lead the Red Party, a 2007 merger of AKP(m-l) and the Red Electoral Alliance. In 2010, he was succeeded as Red Party leader by Turid Thomassen. Dahle is openly homosexual Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergen University College
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences () or HVL is a Norwegian public institution of higher education, established in January 2017 through the merging of formerly independent colleges across five campuses: Bergen, Førde, Haugesund, Sogndal and Stord. Its oldest programs - teacher education in Stord - can be traced to 1839. The total number of students at HVL is about 16000, and there are 1800 academic and administrative staff. Its main campus is in the Kronstad neighborhood of Bergen, Norway. Western Norway University of Applied Sciences provides professional education within health and social sciences, engineering, economic and administrative science, music and teaching. It offers education on the Bachelor and Master levels, continuing education, and on the Doctoral (PhD) level. Around 2700 students graduate with degrees from HVL every year. In June, 2016, after more than one year of negotiations, the executive leadership of three west Norwegian higher education insti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Norwegian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 and 12 September 1977.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 76 of the 155 seats. Results Seat distribution Notes References {{Norwegian elections 1977 1977 Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ... 1977 in Norway September 1977 events in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Norwegian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 9 and 10 September 1973.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 62 of the 155 seats in the Storting. Results Seat distribution Notes References {{Norwegian elections 1973 1973 Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ... 1973 in Norway September 1973 events in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbeidernes Kommunistparti
The Workers' Communist Party ( no, Arbeidernes Kommunistparti, AKP) was a Norwegian communist party (1973–2007). AKP was a Maoist party and one of two communist parties in Norway; the other was the older Communist Party of Norway which had remained pro-Soviet. The relationship between the two parties was characterized by strong hostility. AKP was founded in 1973, as ''Arbeidernes Kommunistparti (marxist-leninistene)''. It did not participate directly in elections, but members had "activity duty", meaning that they were to work for the party's goals – passive members were not accepted. The precise number of its members is unknown. On 22 February 2006, the party opened some of its archives to the public, in a move the party argued was to hit out at all the rumours surrounding the party. It was a predecessor of the current party the Red Party, founded on 10 March 2007. History Two trends led to the formation of AKP(m–l): *The radical movements of Western academic environm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aslak Sira Myhre
Aslak Sira Myhre (born 28 May 1973 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian culture administrator. Since 2014 he is director of the National Library of Norway. Myhre has been a leftwing politician, and was for a period leader of the former party Red Electoral Alliance (RV). In the local election in Oslo in 2015 he was listed for Red (Norway), Red, the party succeeding Red Electoral Alliance since 2007, however not on top, and he did not get a seat. Myhre's parents were both active on the political left and his father Eldar Myhre is a known trade union chairman at Aker Kværner. Aslak was very active in student demonstrations at the University of Bergen during the 1990s and sat on the university board in 1996. He was the party leader of Red Electoral Alliance between 1997 and 2003, and sat in the municipal council (Norway), city council in his home city Stavanger between 1999 and 2003. He was the top candidate for Storting for Rogaland in the 1997 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1997 election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Magdahl
Jørn Magdahl (born 7 April 1950) is a Norwegian politician. He was the leader of the Red Electoral Alliance from 1995 to 1997. He was succeeded by the more profiled Aslak Sira Myhre Aslak Sira Myhre (born 28 May 1973 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian culture administrator. Since 2014 he is director of the National Library of Norway. Myhre has been a leftwing politician, and was for a period leader of the former party Red Electoral .... He resides in Skallestad. References 1950 births Living people Red Party (Norway) politicians Leaders of political parties in Norway People from Vestfold {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aksel Nærstad
Aksel Nærstad (1 January 1952 – 22 October 2022) was a Norwegian political activist and advisor. He chaired the Red Electoral Alliance from 1987 to 1995. From 1995 to 1997 he chaired the board of the newspaper ''Klassekampen''. He chaired the Norwegian Social Forum /Globaliseringskonferansen from first forum in 2001 and for eight years. He was also the first chair of the Norwegian Trade Campaign from 2003 until 2012, and was still a member of the board. He was senior policy advisor in the Norwegian NGO, the Development Fund . He was also international coordinator of the More and Better Network, a global network of farmers' and fisherfolks' organizations and NGOs. Early and personal life Nærstad was born in Rælingen on 1 January 1952, a son of Andreas Nærstad and Emmy Solveig Henriksen. After secondary school, he received practical training as carpenter. Residing in Asker Asker ( no, Asker), properly called Askerbygda in Norwegian, is a district and former municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finn Sjue
Finn Sjue (born 1943) is a Norwegian psychologist, politician, journalist and teacher. He was born in Vestfold Vestfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway. In 2020 the county became part of the much larger county of Vestfold og Telemark. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it bordered t .... He edited the newspaper '' Klassekampen'' from 1973 to 1977. He chaired the Red Electoral Alliance from 1980 to 1982. He has later lectured in journalism at the Oslo University College. References 1943 births Living people People from Vestfold Norwegian politicians Norwegian newspaper editors Academic staff of Oslo University College Klassekampen editors {{Norway-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilde Haugsgjerd
Hilde Haugsgjerd (born 7 July 1952) is a Norwegian newspaper editor. She was born in Oslo. She was the party leader of the Red Electoral Alliance from 1979 to 1981, and was married to the party's first leader Sigurd Allern from 1972 to 1977. She worked as a journalist in '' Klassekampen'' and ''Dagbladet'', as well as information director of Rikshospitalet, before becoming a newspaper editor. She edited ''Dagsavisen'' from 2001 to 2004 as the first female editor of a national Norwegian newspaper, and then ''Aftenposten Aften'' from 2004 to 2008. In 2008 she became acting chief editor of ''Aftenposten ( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 millio ...'' since editor Hans Erik Matre underwent cancer treatment, and in 2009 she became the editor on a permanent basis. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pål Steigan
Pål Steigan (born 31 May 1949) is a Norwegian writer and politician, best known as founder of the newspaper ''Klassekampen'' and the website '' Steigan.no''. He was leader of the Maoist Workers' Communist Party, AKP (m-l) from 1975 to 1984, and co-leader of the Red Electoral Alliance (RV) until 1979."Pål Steigan" ''Store norske leksikon'', 29.12.2012 Both parties were small fringe parties that were never represented in parliament during his tenure. He co-founded '''' as a monthly periodical in 1969, and during his leadership AKP developed the periodical into a newspaper in 1977. He later founded the alternative news website '' Steigan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
