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Norwegian Labour Party

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1 What are the colours of the Norwegian Labour Party?

2 What ideology does Norwegian Labour Party subscribe to?

3 Who of the following is/was the leader of Norwegian Labour Party?

4 Where does Norwegian Labour Party come from?

5 When was Norwegian Labour Party founded?

6 Where are the headquarters of Norwegian Labour Party?

7 Labour then returned to government in 1935 and remained in power until 1965 (except for the ________ exile period between 1940-1945 and one month in 1963).

8 In 1923 the party left the Communist International, while a significant minority of its members left the party to form the ________.

9 Thus, the party has held power for 24 of the past 38 years (to 2009) and it is largely through their efforts that the modern ________ in Norway has been created.

10 The party experienced a split in 1921 caused by a decision made two years earlier to join the ________, and the Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway was formed.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • Vesla Vetlesen became a government minister for Norway's Labour Party in 1986, thirty years after renouncing communism and joining the party together with her husband Leif Vetlesen?
  • Tove Strand, Norwegian government minister in 1986–1989 and 1990–1992, was formerly married to fellow Labour Party politician Rune Gerhardsen?
  • Paul Chaffey voted Labour in 1997, the same year that he served as a Parliament of Norway representative for the Socialist Left Party?
  • Norwegian journalist Ivar Hippe is friends with the current Labour Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg?
  • at the age of 102, former Labour party secretary Haakon Lie (pictured) is still an active participant in Norwegian public life?
  • the merger between the Norwegian Labour Party-led Workers' Sport Federation and the Communist-led 'Red Sports' has been described as an early example of the popular front line?
  • the Trondheim newspaper Ny Tid switched allegiance from Labour to Communist when Knut Olai Thornæs was its editor?
  • in 1887, Norwegian Labour Party politician and physician Oscar Nissen claimed that only 10% of women had libido?
  • Martin Kolberg will retire as party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party to run in the 2009 parliamentary elections?
  • Ludvig Meyer, the defender of writer Hans Jæger during the high-profile censorship case in 1886, later became the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party?
  • Anders Buen was removed as editor of the Norwegian Labour Party organ Social-Demokraten in 1903, but continued as a prominent party member until 1921?
  • Alfred Madsen, a high-ranking politician in the Norwegian Labour Party, started his career as a lithographer?
  • Norwegian sociologist Ingrid Eide was also a United Nations official and a politician for the Norwegian Labour Party?
  • Christian Holtermann Knudsen was a founder of the Norwegian Labour Party and the newspaper Dagsavisen?
  • Helga Karlsen, who was the first female Member of Parliament from the Norwegian Labour Party, died only four days before she could be elected for a third term?
  • Knut Getz Wold served as a State Secretary in a Labour Party cabinet despite belonging to the Liberal Party?
  • Karl Evang and Torbjørn Mork, who consecutively headed the Norwegian Directorate for Health between 1938 and 1992, were both active members of the Labour Party?
  • Milorg resistance member Osmund Faremo later served as member of the national parliament and local mayor for the Norwegian Labour Party?
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