Christian Holtermann Knudsen
Christian Holtermann Knudsen | |
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Member of Parliament | |
In office 1906–1915 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Labour | 15 July 1845
Residence | Kristiania |
Occupation | Newspaper editor Printer Publisher |
Profession | Typographer |
Christian Holtermann Knudsen (15 July 1845 – 21 April 1929) was a
Career
Media and trade unions
He was born in
In 1884 Knudsen established the newspaper Vort Arbeide ('Our Work'), on behalf of the central committee.[3] The first issue was released on 10 May 1884, and led to Knudsen being fired from Almuevennen.[2] He also had to establish his own printing press since none of the existing printing presses wanted to be affiliated with a labourer's newspaper. The fledgling project was marred by economic problems, and the burden of both writing, editing and printing lay chiefly on Knudsen.[3] In 1885 he founded the association Socialdemokratisk Forening,[2] which formally took over the newspaper.[1] The name was changed from Vort Arbeide to Social-Demokraten ('The Social Democrat') in 1886.[3] At the same time, Carl Jeppesen took over as editor-in-chief, although Knudsen would return as editor from 1892 to 1893.[4]
Knudsen expanded the printing press, and published several books, many of which were frowned upon by the establishment.
Political party
Knudsen, inspired by German theories, argued that "socialism [is] the only means" to "help the working estate". He became a co-founder of the
Knudsen was a deputy member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1913,[1] and served his third term as party leader from 1911 to 1918. His leadership came to an end when the radical wing, spearheaded by Kyrre Grepp and Martin Tranmæl, took over at the 1918 national party convention. He left the central committee, but returned in 1920. When the less radical wing broke out to form the Social Democratic Labour Party in 1921, Knudsen did not follow; he continued in the central committee until 1924.[2] In 1923 the name of the newspaper Social-Demokraten had been changed again, to Arbeiderbladet ('The Labour Paper').[3] It became the main organ of the Labour Party, undergoing direct control; the editor-in-chief was also represented in the national party board. As the newspapers became independent in the latter quarter of the twentieth century, the newspaper changed its name again, to the current Dagsavisen.[9]
Knudsen died in 1929.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Christian Holtermann Knudsen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ^ Norwegian Labour Party. Archived from the originalon 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ^ ISBN 82-00-06966-4.
- Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Sørensen, 1984: p. 87
- ^ a b Sørensen, 1984: p. 88
- Norwegian Labour Party. Archived from the originalon 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ^ a b Sørensen, 1984: p. 111
- ISBN 82-15-00325-7.
- Further reading
- Den socialdemokratiske Forening (1985). Pionerene. Den socialdemokratiske Forening og Christian Holtermann Knudsen. Oslo: Tiden. ISBN 82-10-02705-0.
- Helle, Egil (1988). Grunnleggeren. Christian Holtermann Knudsens liv i norsk arbeiderbevegelse. Oslo: Tiden. ISBN 82-10-03170-8.