Redvald Knudtson
Redvald Knudtson (4 March 1870 – 29 June 1961) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party (Norway), Labour Party. He was born at Rolstadli in Sør-Fron as a son of farmers Knudt Pedersen Rolstadli and Embjørg Amundsdatter née Wangen. He started his career as a construction labourer. From 1895 to 1898 he was a foreman during the construction of Agdenes Fortress, before supervising construction at Oscarsborg Fortress from 1898 to 1901 and Kykkelsrud power station in 1902. In 1902 Knudston moved to Mo i Rana. He established a printing press and the newspaper ''Dunderlandsdølen'', which he edited from 1902 to 1947. He was among the founders of the Norwegian Union of General Workers, Union of General Workers and Labour Party locally. ''Dunderlandsdølen'' was published as ''Helgelands Fremtid'' from 1918, was defunct from the summer of 1921 and restarted as ''Dunderlandsdølen'' in January 1920. It was also stopped during the German occupation of Nor ...
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