Albert Reginald Sund (20 August 1884 – 1960) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.

Biography

He was born in

Rjukan Rjukan () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The town is also the administrative centre of Tinn Municipality. The town is located in the Vestfjorddalen valley, between the lakes Møsvatn ...

. He joined his first trade union in 1906, and chaired his local union for five years. Being a member of the Labour Party, he was a member of the executive committee of

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. He chaired the local party chapter from 1931 to 1932. He sat on the supervisory council of the

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from 1920 to 1928, and also of

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. He chaired from 1924 to 1927. From 1928 he was a board member of the Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers. He was taken into custody on 18 May 1914, since the labour movement in Rjukan held an anti-militaristic street demonstration on 17 May, the

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. The parade escalated into riots as anti-demonstrators tried to get a hold of the anti-militarist banners. Laborers threw rocks at armed police. On 19 May fifty infantrymen were dispatched to Rjukan because of rumours that the prison would be stormed. As detention continued, some laborers wanted to instigate a

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. Finally, in October Sund received his sentence. He was not imprisoned, but was fined of .

References

1884 births People from Rjukan Norwegian trade unionists Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Telemark Norwegian prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Norway 1960 deaths {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub