Arne Ording (7 May 1898 – 26 July 1967) was a Norwegian historian and politician for Mot Dag and the Labour Party.
[1] Mot Dag was a revolutionary socialist group, and had a goal of attracting an elite of intellectuals.
Ording edited their periodical Det 20de Århundre together with Finn Moe, and also worked as a commentator in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
[1] He escaped to the UK on the Royal Navy cruiser Devonshire, along with King Haakon, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian Government in June 1940.
His impact as an exiled commentator was only comparable to that of Toralf Øksnevad; historian Hans Fredrik Dahl notes that "judging by contemporary sources [the two held] an entirely unusual authority".
[1] Not long after, Norway established its first development aid project, in Kerala, about which Ording wrote that as military and defence costs rose, the public had to be "given [...] something positive".
He also wrote Arbeiderbevegelsen fram til 1887, volume one of Det norske Arbeiderpartis historie released in 1960.