Karl Johanssen

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Karl Christen Johanssen (12 October 1874 – 20 November 1931) was a Norwegian lawyer and journalist.

Johanssen was born in

Boma, Belgian Congo.[1]

He began his journalistic career in the newspaper

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.[2] He delivered causeries in the program Sett og hørt.[1]

Social-Demokraten was an organ of the

Comintern; however Johanssen was not a member of the Labour Party. Some regarded him as speaking too freely, and he was denounced on the front page of Pravda.[3] Comintern demanded that he be excluded from the Labour Party, but since he was not a member he was just excluded from Comintern.[4]
The Labour Party pulled out of Comintern in 1923.

Called a "bourgeois radical", Johanssen was known for his individualistic style. Although he spent some hours in the newspaper office every day, he was known for conducting much of his work while sitting at the restaurant

Nationalt Tidsskrift,[5] and when the first defamation lawsuit against Nationalt Tidsskrift took place in May 1927, Johanssen was brought to court as a witness against Sylten.[6]

Johanssen died in 1931. He was honored with three memorial speeches and one memorial concert on Norwegian radio.[1] In 1932, the Labour Party published the article collection Karl Johanssen: mennesket og journalisten, edited by Aksel Zachariassen.[2][7] His portrait is displayed in Theatercaféen, still hanging there decades after his death.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ottosen, Rune. "Karl Johanssen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d "Karl Johanssen". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 2 November 1963. p. 14.
  3. ^ a b Sagflaat, Erik (28 March 2009). "Et åpent vindu mot verden". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). pp. 36–39.
  4. ^ Andreassen, Thorleif (23 March 1996). "Gentleman of the Press". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 10.
  5. ^ Brattelid, Kristin (2004). Mikal Sylten. Et antisemittisk livsprosjekt. University of Oslo: Institute of Archaeology, Conservation and History. p. 92.
  6. ^ Brattelid, 2004: p. 86
  7. ^ Entry for Karl Johanssen: mennesket og journalisten in BIBSYS
  8. Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). p. 22.
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