Jump to content

Jens Tangen: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
tweak
Rescuing 2 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.3
 
(19 intermediate revisions by 17 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Jens Eugen Tangen'''<ref name=arbleks>{{cite encyclopedia|year=1936|volume=6|title=Tangen, Jens Eugen|encyclopedia=[[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=723}}</ref> (20 July 1897 – 22 September 1980) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] trade unionist.
'''Jens Tangen''' (1897 – 1980) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] trade unionist.


==Career==
He chaired the trade union [[Norwegian Union of Building Industry Workers|Norwegian Union of Building Workers]] from 1935. In 1940 he was a central member of [[Fagopposisjonen av 1940]],<ref name=nkl>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Pryser|first=Tore|authorlink=Tore Pryser|editor=[[Hans Fredrik Dahl|Dahl, Hans Fredrik]]|encyclopedia=[[Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45]]|title=Tangen, Jens|url=http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/t/t1.html#tangen-jens|accessdate=2 August 2010|year=1995|publisher=Cappelen|volume=|location=Oslo|isbn=}}</ref> where he chaired the executive committee. The purpose of the this Trade Opposition was to use the recent [[German occupation of Norway]] for the better, in the then-absence of a real "bourgeois" political authority. The Trade Opposition leader [[Håkon Meyer]] became more content with cooperating with the Nazis, including the [[Nasjonal Samling|Norwegian Fascist party]],<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Pryser|first=Tore|authorlink=Tore Pryser|editor=[[Hans Fredrik Dahl|Dahl, Hans Fredrik]]|encyclopedia=[[Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45]]|title=fagopposisjonen av 1940|url=http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/f/f1.html#fagopposisjonen|accessdate=2 August 2010|year=1995|publisher=Cappelen|volume=|location=Oslo|isbn=}}</ref> and on 28 September 1940 Tangen was ordered by the Nazis to assume the [[Leaders of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions|chairmanship]] of the [[Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions]].<ref name=nkl/> He chose the Communist [[Ludvik Buland]] as deputy chairman.<ref name=buland>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Ludvik Buland|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=John L.|last=Kamsvåg|editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Ludvik_Buland/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2 August 2010}}</ref> Tangen had a certain degree of cooperation with the Nazis, and visited Germany in January 1941. He became unpopular with some, but never became popular with the authorities either.<ref name=nkl/>
Tangen chaired the trade union [[Norwegian Union of Building Industry Workers|Norwegian Union of Building Workers]] from 1935, having been deputy chairman from 1933 to 1934.<ref name=arbleks/> In 1940, he was a central member of [[Fagopposisjonen av 1940]] (Trade Opposition of 1940),<ref name=nkl>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Pryser|first=Tore|authorlink=Tore Pryser|editor=Dahl, Hans Fredrik|editor-link=Hans Fredrik Dahl|encyclopedia=[[Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45]]|title=Tangen, Jens|url=http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/t/t1.html#tangen-jens|accessdate=2 August 2010|year=1995|publisher=Cappelen|location=Oslo|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529163303/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/t/t1.html#tangen-jens|archivedate=29 May 2013}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529163303/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/t/t1.html#tangen-jens |date=29 May 2013 }}</ref> for which he chaired the executive committee. The purpose of the Trade Opposition was to use the recent [[German occupation of Norway]] for the better, in the then-absence of a real "bourgeois" political authority. The Trade Opposition leader [[Håkon Meyer]] became more content with cooperating with the Nazis, including the [[Nasjonal Samling|Norwegian Fascist party]],<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Pryser|first=Tore|authorlink=Tore Pryser|editor=Dahl, Hans Fredrik|editor-link=Hans Fredrik Dahl|encyclopedia=[[Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45]]|title=fagopposisjonen av 1940|url=http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/f/f1.html#fagopposisjonen|accessdate=2 August 2010|year=1995|publisher=Cappelen|location=Oslo|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529171347/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/f/f1.html#fagopposisjonen|archivedate=29 May 2013}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529171347/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/f/f1.html#fagopposisjonen |date=29 May 2013 }}</ref> and on 28 September 1940 Tangen was ordered by the Nazis to assume the [[Leaders of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions|chairmanship]] of the [[Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions]].<ref name=nkl/> He chose [[Ludvik Buland]] as deputy chairman.<ref name=buland>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Ludvik Buland|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=John L.|last=Kamsvåg|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Ludvik_Buland/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2 August 2010}}</ref> Tangen cooperated to a certain degree with the Nazis, and visited Germany in January 1941. He became unpopular with some, but never became popular with the authorities either.<ref name=nkl/>


==Imprisonment==
Following the [[milk strike]] in September 1941, the Nazis took a tighter grip on society in general, usurped the Confederation of Trade Unions completely and installed [[Odd Fossum]] as new leader on 10 September. Tangen was arrested.<ref name=nkl/> He was imprisoned in [[Grini concentration camp]] from 10 September 1941 to 27 February 1942, and then at [[Møllergata 19]] for one week.<ref>{{cite book|editor=[[Kristian Ottosen|Ottosen, Kristian]]|title=Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945|edition=2nd|year=2004|publisher=Universitetsforlaget|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian|isbn=82-15-00288-9|page=672}}</ref> He was then released, fled to Sweden, where he played no political role.<ref name=nkl/> Ludvik Buland was imprisoned and died in Germany.<ref name=buland/> After the war, in 1946, Tangen was excluded by the Congress of the Confederation of Trade Unions for collaboration. His personal secretary [[Martin Brendberg]] was excluded as well. However, Tangen was acquitted of treason by [[Oslo District Court|Oslo City Court]] in 1949 as a part of the [[legal purge in Norway after World War II]]. The court found that his degree of cooperation was acceptable.<ref name=nkl/>
Following the [[milk strike]] in September 1941, the Nazis took a tighter grip on society in general, usurped the Confederation of Trade Unions completely and installed [[Odd Fossum]] as new leader on 10 September. Tangen was arrested<ref name=nkl/> and imprisoned in [[Grini concentration camp]] from 10 September 1941 to 27 February 1942, and then at [[Møllergata 19]] for one week.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Ottosen, Kristian|editor-link=Kristian Ottosen|title=Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945|edition=2nd|year=2004|publisher=Universitetsforlaget|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian|isbn=82-15-00288-9|page=672}}</ref> After his release, he fled to [[Sweden]], where he played no political role.<ref name=nkl/> Ludvik Buland was imprisoned and died in Germany,<ref name=buland/> whereas the head of the judicial office in the Confederation, [[Viggo Hansteen]], was executed.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Viggo Hansteen|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Harald|last=Berntsen|authorlink=Harald Berntsen|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Viggo_Hansteen/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2 August 2010}}</ref>

==Post-war==
After the war, in 1946, Tangen was excluded by the Congress of the Confederation of Trade Unions for [[collaboration]]. His personal secretary, [[Martin Brendberg]], was excluded as well. However, Tangen was acquitted of treason by [[Oslo District Court|Oslo City Court]] in 1949, as a part of the [[legal purge in Norway after World War II]]. The court found that his degree of cooperation was acceptable.<ref name=nkl/>


==References==
==References==
Line 15: Line 20:
[[Category:Grini concentration camp survivors]]
[[Category:Grini concentration camp survivors]]
[[Category:Norwegian expatriates in Sweden]]
[[Category:Norwegian expatriates in Sweden]]
[[Category:People acquitted of treason]]

[[no:Jens Tangen]]

Latest revision as of 11:41, 9 March 2023

Jens Eugen Tangen[1] (20 July 1897 – 22 September 1980) was a Norwegian trade unionist.

Career[edit]

Tangen chaired the trade union Norwegian Union of Building Workers from 1935, having been deputy chairman from 1933 to 1934.[1] In 1940, he was a central member of Fagopposisjonen av 1940 (Trade Opposition of 1940),[2] for which he chaired the executive committee. The purpose of the Trade Opposition was to use the recent German occupation of Norway for the better, in the then-absence of a real "bourgeois" political authority. The Trade Opposition leader Håkon Meyer became more content with cooperating with the Nazis, including the Norwegian Fascist party,[3] and on 28 September 1940 Tangen was ordered by the Nazis to assume the chairmanship of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.[2] He chose Ludvik Buland as deputy chairman.[4] Tangen cooperated to a certain degree with the Nazis, and visited Germany in January 1941. He became unpopular with some, but never became popular with the authorities either.[2]

Imprisonment[edit]

Following the milk strike in September 1941, the Nazis took a tighter grip on society in general, usurped the Confederation of Trade Unions completely and installed Odd Fossum as new leader on 10 September. Tangen was arrested[2] and imprisoned in Grini concentration camp from 10 September 1941 to 27 February 1942, and then at Møllergata 19 for one week.[5] After his release, he fled to Sweden, where he played no political role.[2] Ludvik Buland was imprisoned and died in Germany,[4] whereas the head of the judicial office in the Confederation, Viggo Hansteen, was executed.[6]

Post-war[edit]

After the war, in 1946, Tangen was excluded by the Congress of the Confederation of Trade Unions for collaboration. His personal secretary, Martin Brendberg, was excluded as well. However, Tangen was acquitted of treason by Oslo City Court in 1949, as a part of the legal purge in Norway after World War II. The court found that his degree of cooperation was acceptable.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin, eds. (1936). "Tangen, Jens Eugen". Arbeidernes Leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 6. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. p. 723.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Pryser, Tore (1995). "Tangen, Jens". In Dahl, Hans Fredrik (ed.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45. Oslo: Cappelen. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2010. Archived 29 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Pryser, Tore (1995). "fagopposisjonen av 1940". In Dahl, Hans Fredrik (ed.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45. Oslo: Cappelen. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2010. Archived 29 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b Kamsvåg, John L. "Ludvik Buland". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  5. ^ Ottosen, Kristian, ed. (2004). Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 (in Norwegian) (2nd ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 672. ISBN 82-15-00288-9.
  6. ^ Berntsen, Harald. "Viggo Hansteen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jens_Tangen&oldid=1143706798"