Leaders of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
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Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
(LO) was founded in 1899, and has had the following leaders:
, LO was usurped by the Nazis, all other activity was illegal. Leaders of the legal LO were:
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions affiliated to the LO have more than 850,000 members of a Norwegian population of 4.8 million...
(LO) was founded in 1899, and has had the following leaders:
Leaders
- 1899-1900: Hans G. JensenHans G. JensenHans G. Jensen was a Norwegian trade unionist, politician, and tailor.Jensen was born in Horsens, Denmark in 1856. He moved to Sandefjord, Norway in 1879, before settling in Kristiania in 1883. He became involved in the Norwegian labour movement, and was the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party...
- 1900-1901: Dines Jensen
- 1901-1904: Adolf Pedersen
- 1904-1905: Joh. Johansen
- 1905-1906: Adolf Pedersen
- 1906-1925: Ole O. Lian
- 1925-1934: Halvard Olsen
- 1934-1939: Olav HindahlOlav HindahlOlav Hindahl was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.He started his career as a typographer, and became involved in the local labour union. He rose up the ladder and became leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions in 1934. He left in 1939 to become Minister...
- 1939-1965: Konrad NordahlKonrad NordahlKonrad Mathias Nordahl was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He was the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1939 to 1965, and an MP from 1958 to 1965.-Early life:...
- 1965-1969: Parelius MentsenParelius MentsenParelius Meyer Mentsen was a Norwegian trade unionist.He was born in Ballangen, Ofoten. He was a timberer by education and occupation, but soon joined trade union and the Norwegian Labour Party in Narvik. He was the deputy leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1950 to 1965 and...
- 1969-1977: Tor AspengrenTor AspengrenIvar Tor Aspengren was a Norwegian laborer, trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He led the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1969 to 1977....
- 1977-1987: Tor HalvorsenTor HalvorsenTor Halvorsen was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Skien. He started his working career in a shoe factory in 1946. In 1952 he was hired as a plumber in Porsgrunn. He then head the trade union of Norsk Hydro at Herøya from 1961 to 1968...
- 1987-1989: Leif HaraldsethLeif HaraldsethLeif Haraldseth is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.He served as secretary and then vice chairman of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions in the periods 1969–1977 and 1977–1987 respectively, both times replacing Odd Højdahl...
- 1989-2001: Yngve Haagensen
- 2001-2007: Gerd-Liv VallaGerd-Liv VallaGerd-Liv Valla was the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions . She took over in 2001 and resigned in 2007. In 1997 she was the Norwegian Minister of Justice....
- 2007-d.d.: Roar FlåthenRoar FlåthenRoar Flåthen is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the for the Norwegian Labour Party.He is the current leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions...
Leaders during World War II
Under World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, LO was usurped by the Nazis, all other activity was illegal. Leaders of the legal LO were:
- 1940: Elias VolanElias VolanElias Karelius Johansen Volan was a Norwegian trade unionist.He was born in Inderøy as a son of crofter Johan Berent Johannessen Volvollan and Lise Eliasdatter Kjærbo. He attended Sund Folk High School from 1903 to 1904, but spent the rest of his youth as a worker. In 1908 he became chairman of...
- 1940-1941: Jens TangenJens Tangen-Career:Tangen chaired the trade union Norwegian Union of Building Workers from 1935, having been deputy chairman from 1933 to 1934. In 1940 he was a central member of Fagopposisjonen av 1940 , for which he chaired the executive committee...
- 1941-1945: Odd FossumOdd FossumOdd Fossum was a Norwegian shop assistant, and leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1941 to 1945, under Nazi regime during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. He was also the leader of NS Faggruppeorganisasjon from 12 October 1940 to September 1944, when he was...
- 1945: Kåre ReinKåre ReinKåre Trygve Rein was a Norwegian trade unionist.He was a trade unionist before the war, a secretary in the Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices. He was also a member of the Norwegian Labour Party, but together with people like Håkon Meyer he joined Fagopposisjonen av 1940 in 1940 and the...