Olav Kringen
Olav Kringen (24 July 1867 – 6 October 1951) was a Norwegian newspaper editor.
He was born at a croft in Sel, and was a manual laborer in Norway before emigrating to the United States in 1887. There, he studied and took a teacher education. He worked as a teacher in Minnesota and Dakota. For the next two years he worked in the press, editing the magazine Nye Nordmanden[1] and Fremad.[2] He was also a correspondent for the newspaper Labour Leader, having been influenced by Keir Hardie and socialism in general.[1]
Upon his return to Norway in 1897, he became affiliated with the
He continued writing for Labour Leader, in addition to
In 1921 the Labour Party was split in two, as a social democratic wing did not favor the party's recent adaption of the Conditions of Admission to the Communist International. Kringen joined the newly formed party, the Social Democratic Labour Party. He briefly edited the newspaper Trøndelag Social-Demokrat. He soon backed out of partisan politics. He died in October 1951 in Oslo.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Engen, Arnfinn. "Olav Kringen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ Hoerder, Dirk, and Christiane Harzig. Migrants from Northern Europe. The immigrant labor press in North America, 1840s-1970s. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987. p. 188.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian).
- ^ Larssen, Olav (1969). Sti gjennom ulendt terreng. Læretid, partistrid, ny vekst (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 22–25.
