# Mot Dag > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mot_Dag > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mot_Dag.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot_Dag > Source revision: 1270015265 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Norwegian political group}} '''{{Lang|no|Mot Dag|italic=no}}''' ({{IPA|no|ˈmuːt ˈdɑːɡ|lang}}, 'Towards Day') was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) political group. The group was active from the 1920s to the early 1930s and was first affiliated with the [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(Norway)) until 1925.{{Citation |last=Nordby |first=Trond |title=Karl Evang |date=2024-06-24 |work=Store norske leksikon |url=https://snl.no/Karl_Evang |access-date=2024-07-28 |language=no |last2=Mellbye |first2=Fredrik}} After [World War II](/source/World_War_II), many of its former members were leaders in [Norwegian politics](/source/Norwegian_politics) and cultural activities.{{cite web|url=https://snl.no/Mot_Dag|title=Mot Dag|publisher=Store norske leksikon|author=Knut Dørum|accessdate=May 1, 2018|archive-date=May 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515003017/https://snl.no/Mot_Dag|url-status=live}} ==History and profile== It was established in 1921 under the initiative of [Erling Falk](/source/Erling_Falk) (1887–1940), partly with origins in the debate forum in the Social Democratic Student Association ({{Lang|no|Den Socialdemokratiske Studenterforening}}) at the [University of Oslo](/source/University_of_Oslo); partly from a Falk-led [study circle](/source/study_circle) which, from 1919, involved [Viggo Hansteen](/source/Viggo_Hansteen), [Axel Sømme](/source/Axel_S%C3%B8mme), and [Arnold Hazeland](/source/Arnold_Hazeland). Members were strongly linked to Falk's personality and were subject to strict discipline. Falk aimed to develop a body of students and young workers committed to [revolutionary socialism](/source/revolutionary_socialism): according to [George Lakey](/source/George_Lakey), the group "sought to replace middle-class individualism with a collective and disciplined spirit".{{cite web |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/norway-labor-party-social-democracy-mot-dag-magazine |title=How a Small Student Magazine Helped Build Norway's Social-Democratic Common Sense |last=Morgan |first=Huw |date=26 July 2020 |website=[Jacobin](/source/Jacobin_(magazine)) |access-date=26 July 2020 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726144040/https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/07/norway-labor-party-social-democracy-mot-dag-magazine |url-status=live }} The magazine ''Mot Dag'' was published by the group between 1921 and 1936. The first [editor](/source/editing) was future author and publishing consultant [Sigurd Hoel](/source/Sigurd_Hoel) (1890–1960).{{cite web|url = https://nbl.snl.no/Erling_Falk|title = Erling Falk|publisher = Norsk biografisk leksikon|author = Harald Berntsen|accessdate = May 1, 2018|archive-date = September 29, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120929133124/http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Erling_Falk/utdypning|url-status = live}}{{cite web |url =https://snl.no/Sigurd_Hoel |title =Sigurd Hoel |publisher =Store norske leksikon |author =Erik Bjerck Hagen |accessdate =May 1, 2018 |archive-date =March 9, 2018 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180309054026/https://snl.no/Sigurd_Hoel |url-status =live }} Mot Dag was a collective member of the [Norwegian Labour Party](/source/Norwegian_Labour_Party) from March 1922 until August 1924, initially aligning itself with the revolutionary faction led by [Martin Tranmæl](/source/Martin_Tranm%C3%A6l), but was excluded from the party after a series of disagreements. In 1927, Mot Dag was a part of the [Norwegian Communist Party](/source/Norwegian_Communist_Party) (NKP). From 1929, Mot Dag was an independent political organization. In the middle of the 1930s, Mot Dag made an unsuccessful attempt to establish a new labour party. After the charismatic leader Erling Falk fell sick, [Trond Hegna](/source/Trond_Hegna) (1898–1992), took over the actual leadership. Hegna would later serve a member of the [Norwegian Parliament](/source/Norwegian_Parliament) ({{Lang|no|Storting}}) and leader of the [Storting](/source/Storting)'s finance committee.{{cite web|url= https://stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=TRHE|title= Hegna, Trond (1898-1992)|publisher= stortinget.no|accessdate= May 1, 2018|archive-date= May 9, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190509061251/https://stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=TRHE|url-status= live}} In 1930, the publishing house [Fram Forlag](/source/Fram_Forlag) was established in part to publish the workers' encyclopaedia (''[Arbeidernes Leksikon](/source/Arbeidernes_Leksikon)'', 1933). Both the magazine and organization dissolved in 1936. The organization had at most approximately 200 members and when it was dissolved in 1936 had about 100. Most of the members followed the internal orders to register in the Labour Party.{{cite web|url= http://partileksikon.blogspot.com/2009/01/mot-dag.html|title= Mot Dag|publisher= Norsk partipolitisk leksikon|accessdate= May 1, 2018|archive-date= October 31, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171031054423/http://partileksikon.blogspot.com/2009/01/mot-dag.html|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.leksikon.org/art.php?n=1784|title = Mot Dag|publisher = leksikon.org|accessdate = May 1, 2018|archive-date = August 5, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170805125757/http://www.leksikon.org/art.php?n=1784|url-status = live}} After [World War II](/source/World_War_II), many former members Mot Dag were leaders in Norwegian politics and culture. Norway's first three post-war Prime Ministers [Einar Gerhardsen](/source/Einar_Gerhardsen), [Oscar Torp](/source/Oscar_Torp), and [John Lyng](/source/John_Lyng) were all at one point in time part of Mot Dag. In addition were [Gro Harlem Brundtland](/source/Gro_Harlem_Brundtland)'s father, Secretary of Defence [Gudmund Harlem](/source/Gudmund_Harlem); the Labour Party's longstanding secretary [Haakon Lie](/source/Haakon_Lie), Oslo's longstanding mayor [Brynjulf Bull](/source/Brynjulf_Bull), and future West German chancellor [Willy Brandt](/source/Willy_Brandt). Many well-known authors, intellectuals, and future leading politicians and officials were also members. Of note were filmmaker [Olav Dalgard](/source/Olav_Dalgard); the authors [Helge Krog](/source/Helge_Krog), [Odd Eidem](/source/Odd_Eidem), Sigurd Hoel, [Arnulf Øverland](/source/Arnulf_%C3%98verland), [Nic Waal](/source/Nic_Waal) and [Inger Hagerup](/source/Inger_Hagerup)—the latter two of the few women who were connected to Mot Dag; future director of Norway's military intelligence [Vilhelm Evang](/source/Vilhelm_Evang) and future director of the [Norwegian Directorate for Health](/source/Norwegian_Board_of_Health_Supervision), [Karl Evang](/source/Karl_Evang). Economist and future university professor [Johan Vogt](/source/Johan_Vogt), who together with Falk, was behind the first translation of ''[Das Kapital](/source/Das_Kapital)'' into Norwegian.{{cite web |url = https://allverdenshistorie.no/sporsmal-svar/hva-var-mot-dag |title = Hva var Mot Dag? |publisher = allverdenshistorie.no |date = 16 April 2012 |accessdate = May 1, 2018 |archive-date = 8 April 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180408222658/http://allverdenshistorie.no/sporsmal-svar/hva-var-mot-dag |url-status = live }} ==References== === Notes === {{Reflist}} === Sources === *Trygve Bull (1987) ''Mot Dag og Erling Falk'' (Oslo: Cappelen) {{ISBN|9788202111946}} *{{cite journal|author=Jens A. Christophersen|title='Mot Dag' and the Norwegian Left|journal=Journal of Contemporary History|volume=1|issue=2|series=Left-Wing Intellectuals between the Wars|year=1966|pages=135–148|doi=10.1177/002200946600100208 |s2cid=159340179 }} ==External links== * ''Jacobin Magazine'': [https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/07/norway-labor-party-social-democracy-mot-dag-magazine?fbclid=IwAR2i9bM0Mduy-olBXUqgIJ51afVsDMIzUZhPgFBLrb0Y9j6YAaDZIYxTIag "How a Small Student Magazine Helped Build Norway's Social-Democratic Common Sense"] {{Authority control}} Category:Mot Dag Category:1921 establishments in Norway Category:1936 disestablishments in Norway Category:Labour Party (Norway) Category:Communism in Norway Category:Defunct magazines published in Norway Category:Defunct political magazines Category:Magazines established in 1921 Category:Magazines disestablished in 1936 Category:Magazines published in Oslo Category:Norwegian-language magazines Category:Politics of Norway Category:Organizations disestablished in 1936 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mot Dag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot_Dag) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot_Dag?action=history)). 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