Arvid G. Hansen
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Arvid G. Hansen | |
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| Born | May 5, 1894 |
| Died | January 24, 1966 (aged 71) Oslo, Norway |
| Alma mater | Communist University of the National Minorities of the West |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, journalist |
| Political party | Communist Party of Norway (1923-1949) |
| Other political affiliations | Labour Party (1910-1923) |
| Spouses |
Aase Anette Halvorsen
(m. 1940; div. 1951)Valborg Svensson
(m. 1931, divorced)Mirjiam Rathus
(m. 1921; div. 1928)Gunhild Vold
(m. 1916; died 1920) |
| Parent(s) | Andreas Hansen Gulli Bru |
Arvid Gilbert Hansen (5 May 1894 – 24 January 1966) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Communist parties.
He was born in Kristiansand as a tinsmith's son. He spent his entire youth in Bergen, before moving to Stavanger where he took the examen artium in 1913 as a private candidate. He then studied philology for two years at the Royal Frederick University, but quit the studies. He had joined Norges Socialdemokratiske Ungdomsforbund in 1910, and was secretary from 1915 and acting editor of Klassekampen in 1916. He then chaired the organization for one year. From 1917 to 1919 he was editor-in-chief of the Labour Party newspaper Akershus Social-Demokrat, and from 1921 to 1923 he edited the party's ideological periodical Det 20de Århundre.[1] From 1921 to 1928 he was married to Mirjiam Rathus (who subsequently married Henry Wilhelm Kristiansen).In 1923 he took over Klassekampen again, returning to Norges Socialdemokratiske Ungdomsforbund to strengthen the left wing there.[2]
He was also involved in socialist schooling. He wrote several books and pamphlets in this period. Haandbog i lags- og studiearbeidet (with Reinert Torgeirson, 1916) was the first handbook of its kind. Skolen, kirken og dogmerne (1915) and Kampen for religionsfrihet (1918) were critical to the religious situation. Also in 1923 he wrote the propagandistic history book Den røde ungdom i kamp og seier. Norges kommunistiske ungdomsforbund gjennem 20 aar together with Eugène Olaussen and Aksel Zachariassen.[1]
