# Proletaren

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Not to be confused with [Proletären](/source/Prolet%C3%A4ren).

***Proletaren*** (meaning *The Proletarian* in English) was a [Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language) periodical published by the [Communist Party](/source/Communist_Party_of_Norway).

## History and profile

*Proletaren* was started in September 1923 during the fraction in-fighting in the Labour Party which resulted in the breakaway of the Communist Party. Its purpose was to deliver ideological articles to party members. The first [editor-in-chief](/source/Editor-in-chief) was [Hans Heggum](/source/Hans_Heggum), with [Arvid G. Hansen](/source/Arvid_G._Hansen) and [Jørgen Vogt](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_Vogt) as co-editors.[1]

The periodical was never issued fortnightly as was the plan. The periodical stalled around March 1924, but returned in July 1924 with [Eugène Olaussen](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Olaussen) as new editor-in-chief. The next issue came one and a half month later, and Olaussen even had to take Arvid G. Hansen and [Haavard Langseth](/source/Haavard_Langseth) on board as editors in the autumn because of illness. Hansen and Olaussen were pressured to leave in late 1925. The new editorial board consisted of Langseth, [Halvor Sørum](/source/Halvor_S%C3%B8rum) and [Christian Hilt](/source/Christian_Hilt), but Hansen returned as editor-in-chief in September 1926. Heggum and [Sverre Krogh](/source/Sverre_Krogh_(Nazi)) were taken on board, before they all were replaced by a new editor [Henry W. Kristiansen](/source/Henry_W._Kristiansen), who sat from October 1927 to the periodical went defunct in 1929.[1]

The party had two other periodicals around the same time: *[Klassekampen](/source/Klassekampen_(1909%E2%80%931940))* for the [Young Communist League of Norway](/source/Young_Communist_League_of_Norway), and *[Gnisten](/source/Gnisten)* for women's affairs.[1]

## References

1. Lorenz, Einhart (1983). *Det er ingen sak å få partiet lite. NKP 1923–1931* (in Norwegian). Oslo: Pax. pp. 171–172. ISBN 82-530-1255-1.

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