Working Ungdomsfylking

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Basic data
Chair: Ina Libak
Deputy Chair: Astrid Hoem
Members: 14,420 (2018)
Founding: 1927
Seat: Oslo , Norway
Alignment: Social Democracy ,
Democratic Socialism
Parent party: Workers' part
International memberships: International Union of Socialist Youth
European memberships: Young European Socialists
Website: www.auf.no

The Arbeidernes Ungdomsfylking (short AUF ; German: Arbeiter-Jugendliga) is the youth organization of the Arbeiderpartiet , the social democratic party of Norway . It is the largest political youth organization in the country.

history

The first social democratic youth organization in Norway was the Norges Sosialdemokratiske Ungdomsforbund , founded in 1903 , which was renamed the Norges Kommunistiske Ungdomsforbund in 1921. When the Norges Kommunistiske Parti split off in 1923 , the NKU joined the new party almost entirely. In the Arbeiderpartiet the new youth organization Venstrekommunistisk Ungdomsfylkning was founded.

1927 went the party Norges Socialdemokratiske Arbeiderparti in the Arbeiderpartiet. With the youth organization of this party, the Norges Sosialistiske Ungdomsforbund , the UP emerged from the Venstrekommunistisk Ungdomsfylkning.

In 1930 the AUF had a total of 14,000 members in 275 groups, compared to the 80,000 of the Labor Party. By 1933 the number of members had grown to 21,000 in 410 groups. Within the party, the AUF was on the left wing and was very skeptical of parliamentary democracy. In the 1936 election campaign, the AUF played an important role for the Labor Party. She organized numerous youth meetings, set up theater troupes and produced an election newspaper with a circulation of 100,000.

On July 22, 2011 there was a right-wing extremist attack on the island of Utøya , in which 69 participants in an AUF youth camp died.

Known members

  • Trygve Bratteli : later Prime Minister of Norway, from 1945 to 1946 chairman of the AUF.
  • Willy Brandt : UP member after emigrating to Norway in 1933.
  • Trond Giske : later Minister, from 1992 to 1996 chairman of the UP
  • Bjørn Tore Godal : later Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defense, from 1971 to 1973 chairman of the AUF
  • Anniken Huitfeldt : later Minister, from 1996 to 2000 chairwoman of the AUF
  • Thorbjørn Jagland : Prime Minister from 1996 to 1997 and today Secretary General of the Council of Europe, from 1977 to 1981 Chairman of the UP
  • Sigbjørn Johnsen : later finance minister, from 1975 to 1977 vice chairman of the UP.
  • Sissel Rønbeck : UP chairwoman from 1975 to 1977.
  • Reiulf Steen : later Minister, from 1961 to 1964 Chairman of the UP.
  • Jens Stoltenberg : Former Prime Minister and current NATO Secretary General, from 1985 to 1989 UP chairman

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Om OPEN. Retrieved February 9, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  2. ↑ Rekordhøyt medlemstall i AUF. January 31, 2019, accessed February 9, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  3. ↑ Redvaldsen p. 21
  4. ↑ Redvaldsen p. 101
  5. ↑ Authorities correct the number of victims downwards , Focus Online . July 25, 2011. 
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i no: Arbeidernes ungdomsfylking
  7. ↑ The youth organization AUF (Arbeidernes Ungdomsfylking), into which I was comradely accepted in 1933, represented a mass organization with its 20,000 members scattered in groups across the country. In: Brandt, Willy: Links und frei: mein Weg 1930 -1950

literature

  • David Redvaldsen: The Labor Party in Britain and Norway: Elections and the Pursuit of Power Between the World Wars , IBTauris, 2011 ISBN 1848855400