Norwegian Memoirists - Norwegian World War II Memoirists, Norwegian Diarists, Haakon Lie, Erik Gjems-Onstad, Max Manus, Wanda Hjort Heger (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Norwegian World War II memoirists, Norwegian diarists, Haakon Lie, Erik Gjems-Onstad, Max Manus, Wanda Hjort Heger, Gunnar Sonsteby, Oluf Reed-Olsen, Knut Haukelid, Arne Ording, Konrad Nordahl, Odd Lindback-Larsen, Sylvia Salvesen, Eugene Olaussen, Asbjorn Sunde, Tore Gjelsvik, Nils Hjelmtveit, Johan Koren Christie, Arne Fjellbu, Marius Eriksen, Jr., Bokken Lasson, Aksel Zachariassen, Johan Peter Weisse, Nini Haslund Gleditsch, Erling Welle-Strand, Guttorm Hansen, Asbjorn Stensaker, Arne Garborg, Odd Nansen, Knut Getz Wold, Frederik Schmidt, Odd Grythe, John Schjelderup Giaever, Olav H. Hauge, Johan Schreiner, Knut Wigert, Roald Halvorsen, Sverre Midtskau, Sigurd Segelcke Meidell, Claus Pavels, Conrad Vogt-Svendsen, August Lange, Henning Sinding-Larsen, Kari Storaekre, Olav Hoprekstad, Ella Hval, Leif Vetlesen, Henriette Gislesen, Jens Jonas Jansen, Albert Henrik Mohn, Jens Haugland, Jens Peter Debes, Eystein Eggen, Vilhelm Dybwad, Folke Hauger Johannessen, Osvald Harjo, Gisken Wildenvey, Reidar T. Larsen, Anders Kirkhusmo, Sophie Reimers, Jacob Hersleb Darre, Thomas Bryn, Kitty Wentzel, Sverre Loberg. Excerpt: Haakon Lie (22 September 1905 - 25 May 2009) was a Norwegian politician who served as party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1945 to 1969. Coming from humble origins, he became involved in the labour movement at an early age, and quickly rose in the party system. After actively working for the resistance movement and the exiled government during World War II, he was elected to the second-highest position in the party after the war, and his years in office were the most successful in the party's history. Lie is widely considered - along with Einar Gerhardsen - to be the architect of the post-war success of the Labour Party, and of the Norwegian welfare state. At the same time, he has also been the s.