# Albin Eines

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**Albin Konrad Eines** (9 June 1886 – 19 May 1947) was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) newspaper editor and politician for the [Labour](/source/Labour_Party_(Norway)) and [Communist Labour](/source/Communist_Party_of_Norway) parties. He later became a [Nazi](/source/Nazism), working for Norwegian and [German](/source/Germans) Nazis during the [World War II](/source/World_War_II).

## Early career

Eines was born in [Trondheim](/source/Trondheim). He took a [typographer](/source/Typography) and [bookbinder](/source/Bookbinding) education in [Sweden](/source/Sweden), where he joined the [socialist](/source/Socialism) movement under [Zeth Höglund](/source/Zeth_H%C3%B6glund). He moved back to Norway in 1909,[1] after the [Swedish General Strike](/source/Swedish_General_Strike).[2] Eines was a member of [Fagopposisjonen av 1911](/source/Fagopposisjonen_av_1911) and [Norges Socialdemokratiske Ungdomsforbund](/source/Norges_Socialdemokratiske_Ungdomsforbund),[3] and was deputy leader for some time,[1] but resigned his NSU membership in 1921 as he felt too old.[4] He was a sub-editor in *[Klassekampen](/source/Klassekampen_(1909%E2%80%931940))* from 1911, and later worked in *[Vest-Finmarkens Arbeiderblad](/source/Vest-Finmarkens_Arbeiderblad)*, *[Folkets Dagblad](/source/Folkets_Dagblad)* and *[Østfold Dagblad](/source/%C3%98stfold_Dagblad)*.[1] Eines edited *Folkets Dagblad* (before 1921 named *[Nybrott](/source/Nybrott_(Larvik_newspaper))*) from 1919 to 1922,[5] when sub-editor [Ingjald Nordstad](/source/Ingjald_Nordstad) took over.[6]

## Communist Party

In 1920, Eines announced his scepticism towards the [Twenty-one Conditions](/source/Twenty-one_Conditions).[7] However, he changed heart and joined the Communist Party when it was split from the Labour Party in 1923.[8] Eines started working in *[Ny Tid](/source/Ny_Tid_(Trondheim))*, and edited that newspaper for a short while.[1] He was a [delegate](/source/List_of_delegates_of_the_5th_Comintern_congress) at the Fifth [Comintern](/source/Comintern) Congress in 1925.[2] In the spring of 1927, Eines took over as editor of the main newspaper of the Communist Party, *[Norges Kommunistblad](/source/Norges_Kommunistblad)*.[9] He was absent during the summer, as he was imprisoned (five weeks of [detention](/source/Remand_(detention)), without conviction) together with [Henry W. Kristiansen](/source/Henry_W._Kristiansen), [Just Lippe](/source/Just_Lippe) and [Otto Luihn](/source/Otto_Luihn),[10] but returned to edit the newspaper in the autumn of 1927 before [Christian Hilt](/source/Christian_Hilt) took over later that year.[9]

## Right-winger

Eines left the Communist Party around New Years' 1927–1928.[2] Already in 1928, he started working for the [right-wing](/source/Right-wing_politics) newspaper *[Tidens Tegn](/source/Tidens_Tegn)*.[11] In 1940, Eines moved to the [Fascist](/source/Fascism) newspaper *[Fritt Folk](/source/Fritt_Folk)*. He also joined the Fascist party [Nasjonal Samling](/source/Nasjonal_Samling) (NS). He thus found a position during the [occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany](/source/Occupation_of_Norway_by_Nazi_Germany), when NS and the German Nazis took over power. In March 1942, Eines was hired as sub-editor, [Odd Fossum](/source/Odd_Fossum)'s second-in-command, on the newspaper *[Norsk Arbeidsliv](/source/Norsk_Arbeidsliv)*. The newspaper belonged to the [Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions](/source/Norwegian_Confederation_of_Trade_Unions) where the Nazis recently had usurped full power. In December 1943, he was promoted to editor-in-chief, and he remained so until July 1944.[11]

In 1947, during the [legal purge in Norway after World War II](/source/Legal_purge_in_Norway_after_World_War_II), Eines was convicted of treason and sentenced to four years in prison. He died in prison that same year.[11]

## References

1. Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin (eds.) (1933). "Eines, Albin Konrad" (in Norwegian). *[Arbeidernes Leksikon](/source/Arbeidernes_Leksikon)*. Vol. 2. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. p. 512.

1. Lorenz, Einhart (1983). *Det er ingen sak å få partiet lite. NKP 1923–1931* (in Norwegian). Oslo: Pax. p. 289. ISBN 82-530-1255-1.

1. Maurseth, Per (1987). *Gjennom kriser til makt 1920-1935* (in Norwegian). Volume three of *[Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge](/source/Arbeiderbevegelsens_historie_i_Norge)*. Oslo: Tiden. p. 159. ISBN 82-10-02753-0.

1. Maurseth, 1987: p. 47

1. Maurseth, 1987: p. 161

1. Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin (eds.) (1935). "Nordstad, Ingjald" (in Norwegian). *[Arbeidernes Leksikon](/source/Arbeidernes_Leksikon)*. Vol. 5. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. p. 555.

1. Maurseth, 1987: p. 159

1. Maurseth, 1987: p. 259

1. Friis, Jakob & Hegna, Trond (eds.) (1932). "*Arbeideren*" (in Norwegian). *[Arbeidernes Leksikon](/source/Arbeidernes_Leksikon)*. Vol. 1. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. pp. 186–187.

1. Lorenz, 1983: pp. 88–89

1. Dahl, Hans Fredrik (1995). ["Eines, Albin"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110724185618/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/e/e1.html#eines-albin). *[Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45](/source/Norsk_krigsleksikon_1940-45)*. Dahl, Hans Fredrik (ed.). Oslo: Cappelen. Archived from [the original](http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/e/e1.html#eines-albin) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

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