Reidar T. Larsen Explained

Reidar T. Larsen
Birth Name:Reidar Thoralf Larsen
Birth Date:8 October 1923
Birth Place:Lillehammer, Norway
Death Place:Lillehammer, Norway
Office1:Member of Parliament for Hedmark
Term Start1:1973
Term End1:1977
Office2:Leader of the Communist Party of Norway
Term Start2:1965
Term End2:1975
Predecessor2:Emil Løvlien
Successor2:Martin Gunnar Knutsen
Office3:Member of Lillehammer City Council
Term Start3:1945
Term End3:1947
Occupation:Politician
Party:Socialist Left Party (1975-1999)
Communist Party of Norway (-1975)

Reidar Thoralf Larsen (8 October 1923 – 16 February 2012) was a Norwegian politician.[1] He was chairman of the Communist Party of Norway from 1965 to 1975, when he resigned from his position, left the party and joined the Socialist Left Party (SV). He left SV in 1999 in protest against the party's support for the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, and because he felt the party was not radical enough.[1]

Larsen was a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1973 to 1977, representing Hedmark.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Reidar T. Larsen er død. Norwegian News Agency. 2012-02-18. ABC Nyheter. Norwegian. 19 February 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120221062443/http://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/2012/02/18/reidar-t-larsen-er-doed. 21 February 2012.
  2. Encyclopedia: Reidar T. Larsen . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Terje . Halvorsen . Helle, Knut . Knut Helle . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo. Norwegian. 11 February 2011.
  3. Encyclopedia: Reidar Thoralf Larsen . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 11 February 2011 .