Harald Brix

Harald Frederik Valdemar Brix (born February 25, 1841 , † May 28, 1881 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish socialist and publicist.

Life

Harald Brix was a farmer's son and did a commercial apprenticeship in Copenhagen. But he mostly worked as a temporary worker in a bookstore. In 1863 he became an officer candidate , but was dismissed for lack of talent. In 1871 he went bankrupt with his own music store.

From July 21, 1871, Brix was together with his cousin Louis Pio editor of the weekly newspaper Socialisten ("The Socialist"). Brix is said to have had no special knowledge of socialism and blindly followed his cousin. Together with Pio and Paul Geleff , he founded the Social Democratic Party of Denmark in the autumn of 1871 as a section of the 1st International and was thus one of the fathers of the labor movement in Denmark .

In 1872, three weeks after the “ Slaget på Fælleden ”, a violent clash between striking workers and the state, he was sentenced to three years in prison. He was accused of calling for a coup with Pio and Geleff.

After his release in 1875, he published the satirical magazine Ravnen ("the raven"). In 1877 an article in the Ravnen earned him four years of reformatory, 21 months in prison and a fine of 1,500 kroner for insulting majesty , blasphemy and calling for revolution.

He was released in 1880 and began publishing the daily Herolden from February 12 to September 20 and from December 25 to March 19, 1882. The seven years and three months in prison weakened Brix's health considerably, so that in 1881 he died at the age of forty .

literature

Benito Scocozza, Grethe Jensen: Politics Étbinds Danmarkshistorie . 3rd edition. Politikens Forlag, Copenhagen 2004, ISBN 87-567-7064-2 ( Politikens Håndbøger ), p. 486.

Individual evidence

↑ Harald Brix . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 3 : Brandt – Clavus . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1889, p. 67 (Danish, runeberg.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Brix, Harald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brix, Harald Frederik Valdemar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish socialist and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 25, 1841
DATE OF DEATH	May 28, 1881
Place of death	Copenhagen

[1] Harald Brix . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 3 : Brandt – Clavus . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1889, p. 67 (Danish, runeberg.org ).