Waldemar Carlsen (29 February 1880 – 28 August 1966) was a Norwegian novelist, newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and

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parties.

Biography

Carlsen was born in

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, and moved to

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at a young age. He was the editor-in-chief of the local labour newspaper '' Solungen'' from 1910 to 1913, and then applied for jobs in other newspapers, such as the editorship of '' Demokraten'' in June 1913. Although that bid failed, he edited ''

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'' from 1913 to 1916 and '' Glomdalens Arbeiderblad'' from 1916 to 1925. ''Glomdalens Arbeiderblad'' became affiliated with the Communist Party in 1923. Carlsen remained the editor until he quit his job in 1925 because he had stopped receiving wages. The newspaper was declared bankrupt in 1926 and disappeared in 1927.

Political career

Carlsen unsuccessfully stood for parliamentary election as the deputy candidate of Fredrik Monsen in the constituency in

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, then as a ballot candidate in the

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for Labour and

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for the Communists. He was a member of the executive committee of the

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for

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. In the 1930s he was a travelling agitator, and founded many trade unions. He was also active in the

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. In addition, Carlsen published several novels, such as ''Dragsug'' (1910), ''Orion'' (1911) and ''Jernnæven'' (1913), and the travelogue ''Herjetog i syd og nord'' (1919).List of publications
in

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He spent his last working years as a school janitor in

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. He died in 1966.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carlsen, Waldemar 1880 births 1966 deaths People from Solør Politicians from Kongsvinger Norwegian newspaper editors 20th-century Norwegian novelists Labour Party (Norway) politicians Communist Party of Norway politicians Hedmark politicians Norwegian temperance activists Place of death missing