# UFFA
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{{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](/source/Trondheim)
| country =
| location =
| coordinates = {{Coord|63.4364|10.4300|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| opened = 1981
| years_active = 1981–
| website =
}}
'''UFFA''' ({{langx|no|Ungdom for fri aktivitet}}; {{langx|en|Youth for free activity}}) is an [anarchist](/source/anarchist) youth house in [Trondheim](/source/Trondheim), Norway. The [self-managed social centre](/source/self-managed_social_centre) provides a location for concerts and self-organised activities such as an [infoshop](/source/infoshop) at the Ivar Matlaus Bokkafé, a [hacklab](/source/hacklab) and an anarchist newspaper. [Squatted](/source/Squatting_in_Norway) 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](/source/Squatting_in_Norway) movement which also created the [Blitz house](/source/Blitz_(movement)) in [Oslo](/source/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](/source/DumDum_Boys), then known as Wannskrækk, played at the opening concert and later [Tre Små Kinesere](/source/Tre_Sm%C3%A5_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](/source/self-managed_social_centre) and founding members talked about how in the 1980s there was nothing else for young people to do in [Trondheim](/source/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}}][{{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](/source/Ungdomshuset) in Copenhagen, and several were arrested. Protestors from [Svartlamon](/source/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.[{{cite book |last1=Kuhn |first1=Gabriel |title=The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest |chapter=Anarchism, Norway |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](/source/infoshop) and cafe), Kafe Knaillhard (a vegetarian restaurant), a [hacklab](/source/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](/source/anarchist) [Ivar Mortensson-Egnund](/source/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.]