Anders Lange

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Anders Lange (born September 5, 1904 in Aker near Oslo , Viken , † October 18, 1974 in Bærum ) was a Norwegian journalist and politician. He is considered the founder of the right-wing populist Fremskrittspartiet (FrP).

education and profession

Lange worked as a forest worker from 1924 to 1927 and worked for two years as a researcher in a tree nursery in Argentina . After his return to Norway, between 1930 and 1938 he was secretary at Fedrelandslaget in, a right-wing conservative organization that was supposed to propose Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1936 . He first worked in Kristiansand and moved to Oslo in 1935. He was then general secretary of the National Association of the Norwegian Navy until 1940 , the aim of which was to build a strong army.

During his time at Fedrelangslaget, he often drove around in a truck in southern Norwegian areas to give speeches. He often spoke out clearly against the workers' party . There were also several violent actions between Lange and the audience. During the German occupation of Norway between 1940 and 1945 he was arrested several times for illegal work.

After the war, he was unable to return to the organizations he had previously belonged to, as the Norwegian people were drifting from their positions as a result of the impressions of the war. Between 1945 and 1947 he was President of the Norwegian Kennel Club. In 1948 he became editor of the dog magazine Hundeavisen . In 1953 he retired. After his return in 1960, he converted the magazine into a political newspaper with anti-communist characteristics. Here, Lange repeatedly expressed his support for the apartheid regime in South Africa . He also expressed the wish for tax cuts in his texts. In 1961 he published plans to form an independence party. However, he never implemented these plans. From 1962 he worked as publisher and editor of Anders Lange Avis .

Political career

On April 8, 1973 he founded the Anders Lange Party (ALP), in the long form also Anders Langes Parti til sterk nedsettelse av skatter, avgifter og offentlige inngrep ( German : Anders Langes Party for a sharp reduction in taxes, levies and public Interventions). It was later renamed Fremskrittspartiet (FrP). A former agent of the South African secret service later claimed that the ALP was initially funded by the South African government.

In the parliamentary elections in September 1973, the new party received 5% of the vote and Lange managed to get into the Norwegian parliament, the Storting . He was originally supposed to represent the Oslo constituency there until 1977 and was chairman of the ALP parliamentary group. However, he died on October 18, 1974 and the later FrP leader Carl I. Hagen took over Lange's mandate for the remainder of the legislative period.

Political positions

Domestically, Lange advocated liberal positions such as tax cuts, among other things. He repeatedly expressed himself racist . For example, he took the position that dark-skinned people need white leadership. However, he spoke out against Vidkun Quisling , the president appointed by the Germans during the occupation.

Lange is considered one of the first Norwegians to speak out in favor of environmental protection.

literature

  • Jan Martin Iversen: Fra Anders Lange to Carl I. Hagen. 25 år med Fremskrittspartiet , Oslo 1998, ISBN 82-517-8949-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Eschel M. Rhoodie : The Real Information Scandal , Atlanta / Pretoria 1983.