''Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge'' () is a six-volume work about the

labour movement The labour movement is the collective organisation of working people to further their shared political and economic interests. It consists of the trade union or labour union movement, as well as political parties of labour. It can be considere ...

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

Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party (; , A or Ap; ), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party (, DNA), is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Norway, political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centre-left of the political spectru ...

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., Arne Kokkvoll and Jakob Sverdrup. The first volume, ''Arbeiderklassen blir til. 1850–1900'' was written by Edvard Bull Jr. The second volume, ''På klassekampens grunn. 1900–1920'' was written by Øyvind Bjørnson. The third volume, ''Gjennom kriser til makt. 1920–1935'' was written by Per Maurseth. The fourth volume, ''Klassen og nasjonen. 1935–1946'' was written by Tore Pryser. The fifth volume, ''Storhetstid. 1945–1965'' was written by Trond Bergh. The sixth volume, ''Nye utfordringer. 1965–1990'' was written by Jostein Nyhamar. 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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