Jens Tangen
Jens Eugen Tangen[1] (20 July 1897 – 22 September 1980) was a Norwegian trade unionist.
Career
Tangen chaired the trade union Norwegian Union of Building Workers from 1935, having been deputy chairman from 1933 to 1934.[1] In 1940, he was a central member of Fagopposisjonen av 1940 (Trade Opposition of 1940),[2] for which he chaired the executive committee. The purpose of the Trade Opposition was to use the recent German occupation of Norway for the better, in the then-absence of a real "bourgeois" political authority. The Trade Opposition leader Håkon Meyer became more content with cooperating with the Nazis, including the Norwegian Fascist party,[3] and on 28 September 1940 Tangen was ordered by the Nazis to assume the chairmanship of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.[2] He chose Ludvik Buland as deputy chairman.[4] Tangen cooperated to a certain degree with the Nazis, and visited Germany in January 1941. He became unpopular with some, but never became popular with the authorities either.[2]
Imprisonment
Following the
Post-war
After the war, in 1946, Tangen was excluded by the Congress of the Confederation of Trade Unions for collaboration. His personal secretary, Martin Brendberg, was excluded as well. However, Tangen was acquitted of treason by Oslo City Court in 1949, as a part of the legal purge in Norway after World War II. The court found that his degree of cooperation was acceptable.[2]
References
- ^ a b Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin, eds. (1936). "Tangen, Jens Eugen". Arbeidernes Leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 6. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. p. 723.
- ^ Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45. Oslo: Cappelen. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2010. Archived 29 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45. Oslo: Cappelen. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2010. Archived 29 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Kamsvåg, John L. "Ludvik Buland". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ISBN 82-15-00288-9.
- ^ Berntsen, Harald. "Viggo Hansteen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 August 2010.