Young Pioneers was a socialist children's organization in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It was founded in 1952, as a continuation of the interbellum Pioneer League of Norway. Initially the organization was firmly connected to the Communist Party of Norway

Communist Party of Norway

The Communist Party of Norway is a political party in Norway without parliamentary representation. It was formed in 1923, following a split in the Norwegian Labour Party. The party played an important role in the resistance to German occupation during the Second World War, and experienced a brief...

, but in the 1970s it became more independent as parents affiliated with the Socialist Left Party

Socialist Left Party (Norway)

The Socialist Left Party or SV, is a Norwegian left-wing political party. At one point one of the smallest parties in Parliament, it became the fourth-largest political party in Norway for the first time in the 2001 parliamentary election, and has been so ever since...

 brought their children to the organization.

On May 1, 1976, UP began publishing Ung Røst.

International affiliation

UP was the Norwegian affiliate of CIMEA

International Committee of Children's and Adolescents' Movements

The International Committee of Children's and Adolescents' Movements, generally known by its French name, Comité international des mouvements d'enfants et d'adolescents and acronym CIMEA, is an international pioneer movement organization. CIMEA is a substructure of the World Federation of...

, and participated in international and Nordic pioneer camps.