UFFA
{{short description|Anarchist youth house in Trondheim, Norway}}
{{Other uses|Uffa (disambiguation){{!}}Uffa}}
{{Infobox venue
| name = UFFA
| native_name = Ungdom For Fri Aktivitet
| native_name_lang = Norwegian
| image = UFFA_i_demonstrasjonstog_(02).JPG
| image_alt = Refer to caption
| caption = An UFFA banner on a 1 May demonstration, 2013
| address = Innherredsveien 69C, 7043
| city = Trondheim
| country =
| location =
| coordinates = {{Coord|63.4364|10.4300|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| opened = 1981
| yearsactive = 1981–
| website =
}}
UFFA ({{langx|no|Ungdom for fri aktivitet}}; {{langx|en|Youth for free activity}}) is an anarchist youth house in Trondheim, Norway. The self-managed social centre provides a location for concerts and self-organised activities such as an infoshop at the Ivar Matlaus Bokkafé, a hacklab and an anarchist newspaper. Squatted in 1981, it moved to its present location the following year. The centre was burnt down in 2010 and then rebuilt.
History
UFFA was established in 1981, coming out of an autonomous squatters movement which also created the Blitz house in Oslo.{{cite book |last1=Fahlenbrach |first1=Kathrin |last2=Sivertsen |first2=Erling |last3=Werenskjold |first3=Rolf |title=Media and Revolt: Strategies and Performances from the 1960s to the Present |date=February 2014 |publisher=Berghahn Books |isbn=978-0-85745-999-2 |pages=368–379 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oSXvAgAAQBAJ |language=en |access-date=2021-02-05 |archive-date=2021-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205234143/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oSXvAgAAQBAJ&dq= |url-status=live }} The DumDum Boys, then known as Wannskrækk, played at the opening concert and later Tre Små Kinesere first recorded at UFFA.{{cite news |last1=Skjærseth |first1=Lars Erik |title=Optimistisk stemning i UFFA-miljøet |url=https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/optimistisk-stemning-i-uffa-miljoet-1.7443450 |access-date=5 February 2021 |work=NRK |date=29 December 2010 |language=nb-NO |archive-date=5 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205234140/https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/optimistisk-stemning-i-uffa-miljoet-1.7443450 |url-status=live }} It was established as a self-managed social centre and founding members talked about how in the 1980s there was nothing else for young people to do in Trondheim.{{cite book|last1=Storstein Spilker|first1=Hendrik|chapter=In search of the “hacker-punk”: Digital music technologies for countercultural measures?|chapter-url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781317201946/chapters/10.4324/9781315561639-4|title=Media and Revolt: Strategies and Performances from the 1960s to the Present|doi=10.4324/9781315561639-4|editor1-last=Fahlenbrach|editor1-first=Kathrin|editor2-last=Sivertsen|editor2-first=Erling|editor3-last=Werenskjold|editor3-first=Rolf|language=en|publication-date=2014|isbn=978-0857459985|access-date=2021-02-05|archive-date=2021-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205234116/https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/search-hacker-punk-hendrik-storstein-spilker/e/10.4324/9781315561639-4|url-status=live}} In 2006, a book was published charting the history of the project on its 25th anniversary.{{cite book |last1=Haugdahl |first1=Morten |title=UFFA 1981-2006 |date=2006 |publisher=Tapir |location=Trondheim |isbn=82-519-2164-3}}
The original location in Kjøpmannsgata burned down in 1982. UFFA signed an agreement with Trondheim municipality and resumed activities shortly afterwards at Innherredsveien (taking over the defunct Østbyen kindergarten).{{cite web |title=Historikk |url=http://www.ivarmatlaus.org/default.asp?sub=omoss&side=historikk |format=Norwegian |access-date=20 May 2009 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726200423/http://www.ivarmatlaus.org/default.asp?sub=omoss&side=historikk |url-status=live }} The centre was burnt down again in 2010, just before the New Year. UFFA activists successfully campaigned for the city council to build a new centre at the same location.{{cite news |last1=Aas |first1=Elisabeth |last2=Hansen |first2=Vidar |title=UFFA-huset på plass om et år |url=https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/nytt-hus-for-uffa-om-et-ar-1.7808103 |access-date=5 February 2021 |work=NRK |date=26 September 2011 |archive-date=5 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205234114/https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/nytt-hus-for-uffa-om-et-ar-1.7808103 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Mathisen |first1=Ella Berit |title=Bygger Uffa-hus foran rådhuset |url=https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/bygger-uffa-hus-foran-radhuset-1.8144756 |access-date=5 February 2021 |work=NRK |date=19 May 2012 |language=nb-NO |archive-date=5 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205234115/https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/bygger-uffa-hus-foran-radhuset-1.8144756 |url-status=live }}
In December 2006 people from both UFFA and Blitz participated in the demonstrations supporting their compatriots from Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, and several were arrested. Protestors from Svartlamon blocked traffic and the demonstration picketed the Danish Consulate.{{cite web |title= Ungdomshuset eviction protests – News from 4th day (English translation from Modkraft.dk) |url= http://www.emoware.org/ungdomshuset-eviction-updates-04032007.asp |access-date= 21 May 2009 |archive-date= 9 November 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091109235612/http://www.emoware.org/ungdomshuset-eviction-updates-04032007.asp |url-status= live }} Generally, UFFA has had less conflict with the authorities than its sister projects Blitz and Ungdomshuset. Alongside Blitz and also Hausmania, UFFA is a centre for anarchism in Norway.{{cite journal |last1=Kuhn |first1=Gabriel |title=Anarchism, Norway |journal=The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest |date=2009 |pages=1–2 |doi=10.1002/9781405198073.wbierp0067 |isbn=9781405198073 |url=https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198073.wbierp0067|url-access=subscription }}
Activities
At UFFA there is the Ivar Matlaus Bokkafé (an infoshop and cafe), Kafe Knaillhard (a vegetarian restaurant), a hacklab, the concert room and various activity groups.{{citation |url=http://www.uffa.no/?side=visside&id=32&sub=ja |title=Om UFFA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724185407/http://www.uffa.no/?side=visside&id=32&sub=ja |archive-date=2011-07-24 |access-date=2019-10-04 }} The café is named after the anarchist Ivar Mortensson-Egnund, who among other things, lectured the Norwegian people about politics, religion and social issues. One of the lectures he held was named (Matløysa i Noreg" ("Foodless in Norway") and after this lecture he was called "Ivar Matlaus" ("Foodless Ivar"). The anarchist newspaper Folk & Røvere is published from the centre.
See also
- Freetown Christiania in Copenhagen
- Hausmania in Oslo
- Kafé 44 in Stockholm
- Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen
- Anarchism in Norway
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Category:Event venues established in 1981
Category:Self-managed social centers