Sosialdemokrater mot EU

Sosialdemokrater mot EU (English: Social Democrats against the EU) was a Norwegian interest organization which opposed a future Norwegian membership in the European Union, coupled with a Social Democrat ideology. It was special in that the Social Democrat Norwegian Labour Party, spearheaded by Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, strongly supported such a membership. Sosialdemokrater mot EU was active in 1993 and 1994, around the Norwegian European Union membership referendum, 1994 where a majority rejected the membership.

Its leader was Hallvard Bakke,[1] and its vice leader was Tove Strand Gerhardsen.[2] Its members of the board included Anneliese Dørum.[3]

While the Labour Party supported EU membership, their young wing Workers' Youth League was the most active organization within Sosialdemokrater mot EU.[4] Trond Giske chaired the Workers' Youth League at that time, and many young Labour Party politicians worked as secretaries, including Anne Marit Bjørnflaten,[5] Trond Jensrud,[6] Synnøve Konglevoll,[7] and Wegard Harsvik.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Hallvard Bakke" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no.
  2. ↑ "Tove Strand" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no.
  3. ↑ "Anneliese Dørum" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no.
  4. ↑ Moen, Jo Stein (5 December 2006). "Med AUF mot EU" (in Norwegian). Nei til EU. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
  5. ↑ "Anne Marit Bjørnflaten" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no.
  6. ↑ "Trond Jensrud" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no.
  7. ↑ "Synnøve Konglevoll" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no.
  8. ↑ Regjeringen.no biography for Wegard Harsvik
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