Evald O. Solbakken
Evald O. Solbakken (15 December 1898 – 4 March 1967) was a
He joined the Labour Party through membership in the youth association Freidig in Storhamar in 1917. His first political position was to be secretary here.[1] He was hired as secretary in the trade information office in Hamar in 1920. In 1921 he was hired as subeditor in the Hamar newspaper Demokraten,[2] where he succeeded Georg Svendsen. Solbakken's superior at the time, editor-in-chief Olav Larssen, has made note that Solbakken was among the last journalists in the labour press to be hired with primary education only.[3]
After a short period in 1923 as editor-in-chief of
During World War II and the
After the war he released the memoirs I fengsel og landflyktighet (1945), and several historical books: 50 års samvirke i hovedstaden (1945), Hamar Arbeiderblad gjennom 25 år (1950), Hamar Jern- og Metallarbeiderforening 50 år: 1900-1950 (1950), Det røde fylke gjennom 100 år (1951), Hedmark fylkes arbeiderparti 1904–12. november 1954 (1954) and Hamar arbeiderparti 1907–27. januar 1957 (1957).[7] He became blind in his later life.[3] He died in March 1967, and was buried in Hamar.[8]
References
- ^ Solbakken, Evald O. (1951). Det røde fylke. Trekk av den politiske arbeiderbevegelse i Hedmark gjennom 100 år (in Norwegian). Hamar: Hedmark Labour Party. p. 113.
- ^ a b Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin, eds. (1936). "Solbakken, Evald O.". Arbeidernes Leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 6. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. p. 379.
- ^ a b Larssen, Olav (1969). Sti gjennom ulendt terreng. Læretid, partistrid, ny vekst (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 103–104.
- ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.
- ISBN 82-15-00288-9.
- ISBN 82-10-02754-9.
- ^ List of publications in BIBSYS
- ^ "Cemeteries in Norway" (in Norwegian). DIS-Norge. Retrieved 2 October 2010.