Arbeidet

Arbeidet was started in Bergen as a socialist newspaper on 6 December 1893,[1] by a grouping called De samvirkende Fag- og Arbeiderforeninger.

[6] Other noted staff include Andreas Paulson, critic from 1895 to 1929,[7] Otto Luihn, journalist from 1919 to 1923,[8] and Alfred Madsen, subeditor from 1919 to 1920.

[1] Fridthjof Bergmann was hired as editor in 1925, but was soon fired as he was suspected for working with a union with the Labour Party.

However, financially the newspaper did not fare well, partly because the Communist Party prioritized to prop up Arbeideren, and Arbeidet was not released between 14 December 1938 and 30 March 1939.

Olsen was later sentenced for treason during the legal purge in Norway after World War II, for having printed "un-national material" prior to its closing.