# Arbeideren

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{{Short description|Norwegian newspaper}}
{{distinguish|Arbeidet}}

thumb|A Arbeideren newspaper
'''{{Lang|no|Arbeideren}}''' ("The Worker") was a daily [newspaper](/source/newspaper) published in [Oslo](/source/Oslo), [Norway](/source/Norway).

It was started on 2 November 1929 as the official party newspaper from the [Communist Party](/source/Communist_Party_of_Norway). It lent its name from a [Hamar](/source/Hamar)-based [newspaper of the same name](/source/Arbeideren_(Hamar)), which had gone defunct on 4 October. More directly, it replaced ''[Norges Kommunistblad](/source/Norges_Kommunistblad)'' which just had gone bankrupt.<ref name=npresse>{{cite book|last=Rønning|first=Ole Martin|editor=Flo, Idar|title=Norske aviser fra A til Å|series=Volume four of ''[Norsk presses historie 1660–2010](/source/Norsk_presses_historie_1660%E2%80%932010)''|year=2010|publisher=Universitetsforlaget|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian|isbn=978-82-15-01604-7|page=39|chapter=''Arbeideren''}}</ref> Its first editor was [Arvid G. Hansen](/source/Arvid_G._Hansen), who had been the last editor of ''Norges Kommunistblad''. He remained in the chair until 1931.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Arvid G Hansen|encyclopedia=[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/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}}</ref>

[Reinert Torgeirson](/source/Reinert_Torgeirson) was editor from 1931 to 1932,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=1936|volume=6|title=Torgeirson, Reinert|encyclopedia=[Arbeidernes Leksikon](/source/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}}</ref> followed by [Erling Bentzen](/source/Erling_Bentzen). In 1934 he was fired for not following the directions of the [Comintern](/source/Comintern), the superior organ of the Communist Party of Norway.<ref name=npresse/> [Henry W. Kristiansen](/source/Henry_W._Kristiansen) became the new editor-in-chief, having been deposed as party leader.<ref name=kristiansen>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Henry Wilhelm Kristiansen|encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon)|editor=Henriksen, Petter|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Henry_Wilhelm_Kristiansen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=29 August 2010}}</ref> The publication was irregular, sometimes it came daily, sometimes weekly. From 1937 it was a daily newspaper, supported by the party while it siphoned support from other party newspapers,<ref name=npresse/> such as ''[Arbeidet](/source/Arbeidet)''.<ref>{{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](/source/Norsk_presses_historie_1660%E2%80%932010)''|year=2010|publisher=Universitetsforlaget|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian|isbn=978-82-15-01604-7|page=41|chapter=''Arbeidet''}}</ref>

Henry W. Kristiansen still sat as editor on 9 April 1940, when World War II reached Norway with the [German invasion](/source/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung). The newspaper became controversial among many. First, because it strongly criticized the existing Norwegian Fascist party [Nasjonal Samling](/source/Nasjonal_Samling) as well as Fascism in general. For this it was confiscated on 25 April. Second, because it criticized the actions of the legal government, [Nygaardsvold's Cabinet](/source/Nygaardsvold's_Cabinet), and its alliance with Great Britain. The newspaper was edited out of "neutrality" concerns; this was because of the [Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact](/source/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact). As the invading Germans tightened their rule of Norway, ''Arbeideren'' was forbidden and stopped on 16 August 1940.<ref name=nkl>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Halvorsen|first=Terje|editor=Dahl, Hans Fredrik|editor-link=Hans Fredrik Dahl|encyclopedia=[Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45](/source/Norsk_krigsleksikon_1940-45)|title=Arbeideren|url=http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/a/a3.html#arbeideren|accessdate=29 August 2010|year=1995|publisher=Cappelen|volume=|location=Oslo|isbn=|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821151031/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/a/a3.html#arbeideren|archivedate=21 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kristiansen died in [Neuengamme concentration camp](/source/Neuengamme_concentration_camp) in 1942.<ref name=kristiansen/>

After the war, ''Arbeideren'' never returned, and ''[Friheten](/source/Friheten)'' became the official party organ. ''Arbeideren'' was probed into during the [legal purge in Norway after World War II](/source/legal_purge_in_Norway_after_World_War_II) for its criticism towards the legal government in 1940, but the case was closed since Kristiansen, and former board member of the newspaper [Ottar Lie](/source/Ottar_Lie), were dead.<ref name=nkl/><ref>{{cite book|last=Pryser|first=Tore|author-link=Tore Pryser|title=Arbeiderbevegelsen og Nasjonal Samling|year=1991|publisher=Tiden|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian|isbn=82-10-03346-8|page=136}}</ref>

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Category:1929 establishments in Norway
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Category:Communist Party of Norway newspapers
Category:Defunct newspapers published in Oslo
Category:Defunct Norwegian-language newspapers
Category:Newspapers established in 1929
Category:Publications disestablished in 1940
Category:Daily newspapers published in Norway
Category:Defunct daily newspapers

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