Anders Buen

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Anders Buen
Anders Buen
Member of Parliament
In office
1906–1921
Personal details
Born(1864-02-24)24 February 1864
Labour (–1921,
1927–1933)
Social Democratic Labour
(1921–1927)
OccupationNewspaper editor
Bank manager
ProfessionTypographer

Anders Johnsen Buen (24 February 1864 – 17 July 1933) was a Norwegian typographer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician. He belonged to the

Norwegian Labour Party from the start, being party secretary as well as editor of the party organs Social-Demokraten and Ny Tid, but politically he was described as a "reformist pragmatic", and was thus a member of the breakaway Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway
from 1921 to 1927.

Early life and education

Buen was born in

Labour movement

In 1885, Buen was among the founders of the association Socialdemokratisk Forening.

Labour Party,[3] Buen became party secretary as well.[4] He also chaired his local trade union from 1897 to 1898, and served one term in Kristiania city council from 1901 to 1903.[1]

In 1903, a conflict in the party forced the retreat of Buen as editor-in-chief.

Labour parliamentary group 1906; Buen second from the right in the lower row.

In the meantime, Buen had been succeeded as editor of Ny Tid by

Arbeider-Avisen.[3] Buen worked as a journalist here for a few years. He also managed the local branch of Norges Bank from 1916 to his death in 1933 and had been a member of the board of the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate from 1921 to 1923.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Anders Johnsen Buen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  2. ^ .
  3. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Partisekretærene fra 1887 til d.d." (in Norwegian). Norwegian Labour Party. Retrieved 17 March 2009. [dead link]
Party political offices
Preceded by Party secretary of the
Labour Party

1900–1903
Succeeded by
Media offices
Preceded by Chief editor of Social-Demokraten
1900–1903
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief editor of Ny Tid
1903–1908
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief editor of Ny Tid
1911–1912
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Fredrik Olsen Nalum
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
President of the Storting

1919–1921
(with others)
Succeeded by