Arne Magnussen. Arne Magnussen (31 March 1884 – 3 September 1970) was a Norwegian trade unionist, newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and the Social Democratic Labour parties. He was elected to the

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from the urban constituency of ''

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'' in

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. In 1921, when the Social Democratic Labour Party split away from the Labour Party, he joined the Social Democrats and was re-elected in the newly created constituency Market towns of Østfold and Akershus. He was re-elected on one occasion in

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, but not on the next occasion in

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. In

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, having rejoined the Labour Party, he was elected for the last time, and sat through the term which ended in 1933. Born in

as the son of a school teacher, he started his career as a mail and newspaper carrier. He eventually became involved in making the newspapers, as editor-in-chief of '' Moss Socialdemokrat'' from 1913. He founded ''Ekstrabladet'' in 1920, which upon the party split in 1921 became a local organ for the Social Democratic Labour Party. It was later renamed '' Moss Arbeiderblad''. He was editor-in-chief of that newspaper from 1922 until the party reconciliation in 1927. He then worked in the Labour Party newspaper '' Moss og Omegn Arbeiderblad'' until 1933. He chaired the

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Norwegian Postal Organization, a forerunner of Postkom, from 1919 to 1923. He took part at the founding congress of the

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in 1923; the other Norwegian delegates were Magnus Nilssen, Michael Puntervold and

Olav Kringen Olav Kringen (24 July 1867 – 6 October 1951) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born at a croft in Sel, and was a manual laborer in Norway before emigrating to the United States in 1887. There, he studied and took a teacher education. He ...

. In 1933 he became

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of Moss city. He had been a member of the city council from 1910 to 1933, serving as deputy mayor in 1916-1918, 1930 and 1931–1933 and as mayor from 1922 to 1925. In 1939 his title was renamed ''rådmann'' (chief administrative officer). He stayed in this position until after the Second World War, with a break from 1 May 1944 to January 1946. He was also a member of several public committees, including the school board and the poor relief. He was also a member of the National Impeachment Court (''Riksrett'') during the 1926–1927

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case against Abraham Berge. Magnussen was also active in the

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. He died in 1970.Maurseth, 1987: p. 607

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Magnussen, Arne 1884 births 1970 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway politicians Mayors of places in Østfold People from Moss, Norway Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian trade unionists Members of the Storting 1919–1921 Members of the Storting 1922–1924 Members of the Storting 1925–1927 Members of the Storting 1931–1933