Arbeidet
History and profile
Arbeidet was started in Bergen as a socialist newspaper on 6 December 1893,{{cite book|last=Terjesen|first=Einar A.|editor=Flo, Idar|title=Norske aviser fra A til Å|series=Volume four of Norsk presses historie 1660–2010|year=2010|publisher=Universitetsforlaget|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian|isbn=978-82-15-01604-7|page=41|chapter=Arbeidet}} by a grouping called {{lang|no|De samvirkende Fag- og Arbeiderforeninger}}.{{cite encyclopedia|year=1932|volume=1|title=Arbeidet|encyclopedia=Arbeidernes Leksikon|editor1=Friis, Jakob|editor-link=Jakob Friis|editor2=Hegna, Trond|editor2-link=Trond Hegna|publisher=Arbeidermagasinets Forlag|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian|pages=281–282}} It was the first socialist daily newspaper in Norway. The first editor was Johan Frogner; Henrik Martin Olofsson edited the newspaper around 1899,{{cite book|last=Bjørnson|first=Øyvind|author-link=Øyvind Bjørnson|title=På klassekampens grunn 1900-1920|year=1990|series=Volume two of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge|publisher=Tiden|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian|isbn=82-10-02752-2|page=313}} and noted editor Ivar Angell-Olsen assumed office in 1904. A former editor of Ny Tid, he introduced a degree of sensationalism in the newspaper and increased its circulation. In 1905, the newspaper got a formal tie to the Norwegian Labour Party in Bergen. Angell-Olsen remained editor until January 1914, when he left with immediate effect. The reason was "an internal party affair" in which Angell-Olsen did not want to "go into detail".{{cite news|title=Meddelelse til Arbeidets læsere!|work=Arbeidet|date=7 January 1914|page=1|language=Norwegian}}
Arbeidet was edited by Olav Scheflo from 1914 to 1918,{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Olav Scheflo|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|last=Terjesen|first=Einar A.|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Olav_Scheflo/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=29 August 2010}} and Sverre Krogh from 1918.{{cite web|url=http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11720|title=Sverre Krogh|publisher=Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)|language=Norwegian|accessdate=1 September 2010|archive-date=3 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103210131/http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11720|url-status=dead}} Other noted staff include Andreas Paulson, critic from 1895 to 1929,{{cite encyclopedia|title=Andreas Paulson|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|first=Einar A.|last=Terjesen|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Andreas_Paulson/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=15 April 2009}} Otto Luihn, journalist from 1919 to 1923,{{cite encyclopedia |title=Otto Luihn |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Stig-Audun |last=Hansen |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Otto_Luihn/utdypning|language=Norwegian |accessdate=15 May 2010}} and Alfred Madsen, subeditor from 1919 to 1920.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Alfred Madsen|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|first=Jorunn|last=Bjørgum|language=Norwegian|accessdate=12 March 2009|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Alfred_Madsen/utdypning}}
In 1923, the communists in the Labour Party broke away to form the Communist Party, and Arbeidet followed the new party. It became a regional newspaper covering Rogaland as well.
Fridthjof Bergmann was hired as editor in 1925, but was soon fired as he was suspected for working with a union with the Labour Party.{{cite book|last=Maurseth|first=Per|author-link=Per Maurseth|title=Gjennom kriser til makt 1920-1935|year=1987|series=Volume three of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge|publisher=Tiden|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian|isbn=82-10-02753-0|pages=416, 600}} Reinert Torgeirson was editor from 1925 to 1929,{{cite encyclopedia|year=1936|volume=6|title=Torgeirson, Reinert|encyclopedia=Arbeidernes Leksikon|editor1=Friis, Jakob|editor-link=Jakob Friis|editor2=Hegna, Trond|editor2-link=Trond Hegna|editor3=Juel, Dagfin |editor3-link=Dagfin Juel |publisher=Arbeidermagasinets Forlag|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian|page=788}} and Jens Galåen was editor from 1929. Arvid G. Hansen was hired as editor in 1936.{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Arvid G Hansen|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Lill-Ann|last=Jensen|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Arvid_G_Hansen/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=29 August 2010}} In 1938 Johanna Bugge Olsen took over. However, financially the newspaper did not fare well, partly because the Communist Party prioritized to prop up Arbeideren, and Arbeidet was not released between 14 December 1938 and 30 March 1939. On 9 August 1940 (still with Olsen as editor) it stopped entirely because of the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. Olsen was later sentenced for treason during the legal purge in Norway after World War II, for having printed "un-national material" prior to its closing.
Arbeidet resumed publication from 9 May 1945, one day after the war's end, but became defunct after its last issue on 16 November 1949.
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