''Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge'' ( en, History of the Workers' Movement in Norway) is a six-volume work about the

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history of Norway. It was released between 1985 and 1990 by Tiden Norsk Forlag. It was not the first work about the history of the Norwegian labour movement. Einhart Lorenz released the two-volume work ''Arbeiderbevegelsens historie. En innføring. Norsk sosialisme i internasjonalt perspektiv'' in 1972 and 1974. This time, a large work was planned because of the 100th anniversary of the

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in 1987. As such, it is a party history combined with the history of other important parties as well as the trade union movement. Several of the editors and writers engaged in the project were in fact members of the Labour Party, or labour movement "sympathizers". The editors of the project were

Edvard Bull, Jr. Edvard Bull (22 November 1914 – 15 December 1986), Edvard Bull d.y. or Edvard Bull Jr. was a Norwegian professor and historian. Biography He was born in Kristiania as the son of professor and politician Edvard Bull, Sr. and Lucie Juliane Anto ...

Arne Kokkvoll Arne Kokkvoll (1925 – 19 September 1998) was a Norwegians, Norwegian historian, librarian/archivist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party. Biography He was born at Kokkvollen in Røros, and took the cand.philol. degree in 19 ...

and

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. The first volume, ''Arbeiderklassen blir til. 1850–1900'' was written by

Edvard Bull Jr. Edvard Bull (22 November 1914 – 15 December 1986), Edvard Bull d.y. or Edvard Bull Jr. was a Norwegian professor and historian. Biography He was born in Kristiania as the son of professor and politician Edvard Bull, Sr. and Lucie Juliane Anto ...

The second volume, ''På klassekampens grunn. 1900–1920'' was written by

Øyvind Bjørnson Øyvind Bjørnson (1 January 1950 – 3 December 2007) was a Norwegian historian who specialized in labor history and the history of the welfare state. He hailed from Haugesund. He took the cand.philol. degree in 1979, and later the dr.philos. ...

. The third volume, ''Gjennom kriser til makt. 1920–1935'' was written by

Per Maurseth Per Maurseth (7 June 1932 – 10 May 2013) was a Norwegian historian and politician for the Socialist Left Party. He was an associate professor at the University of Oslo from 1971, and was appointed professor at the University of Trondheim fro ...

. The fourth volume, ''Klassen og nasjonen. 1935–1946'' was written by

Tore Pryser Tore Pryser (born 9 January 1945) is a Norwegian historian, who has served as professor at the Lillehammer University College since 1993. Born in Oslo, he took a cand.philol. degree at the University of Oslo. He was appointed at the Lillehamm ...

. The fifthg volume, ''Storhetstid. 1945–1965'' was written by

Trond Bergh Trond Bergh (born 16 September 1946) is a Norwegian economic historian, and researcher at the Department of Innovation and Economic Organisation of the BI Norwegian Business School. Life and work Bergh was born in Tvedestrand, and took the can ...

. The sixth volume, ''Nye utfordringer. 1965–1990'' was written by

Jostein Nyhamar Jostein Nyhamar (23 September 1922 – 30 July 1993) was a Norwegian magazine editor, biographer and politician for the Labour Party. Jostein Nyhamar was born in Nedre Eiker. He edited the weekly magazine ''Aktuell'' from 1959 to 1974, and '' For ...

. The volumes were published unevenly, with the first volume released in 1985, the third and fifth in 1987, the fourth in 1988, and the second and sixth in 1990.

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