Rune Fredh Explained

Rune Fredh
Office1:Secretary of the Socialist Left Party
Term Start1:1975
Term End1:1977
Predecessor1:Office created
Successor1:Lasse Jahnsen
Office2:Organizational Secretary of the Socialist Electoral League
Term Start2:1973
Term End2:1975
Predecessor2:Office created
Successor2:Office abolished
Birth Date:1945 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Borge, Østfold NO
Death Place:Fredrikstad, Østfold NO
Party:Socialist Left Party
Communist Party
Occupation:Farmer

Rune Fredh (12 July 1945 – 23 August 2006) was a Norwegian politician who was Party Secretary of the Socialist Electoral League and later the Socialist Left Party from 1973–1977.

Early life and career

Fredh was born on 23 September 1945 in Borge, Østfold. He started his political career as a member of the communist party youth wing. He later became chairman of the Labour Party of the Communist Party and became a member of the Bergen City Council.[1]

He later became a member of the Communist Party and when the party participated in the Socialist Electoral League, he was elected Organizational Secretary of the coalition in the national convention of 1973.[1] He was a notable figure during the unification process, and sided with the coalition "supporters" led by Reidar T. Larsen in the Communist Party.[2] When the party broke off its ties to the Socialist Left Party Fredh left the Communist Party to become a member of the Socialist Left.[3] In the new party's first national convention he was elected party secretary.[1] In 1977 he was replaced by Lasse Jahnsen in the role of secretary.[4]

In 1989 he became Secretary of the People's Alliance for Environment, Labor and Welfare, a small county list in Østfold which sought to support the candidacy of Larsen; he'd lost his seat in the 1977 election. The coalition was made up of local Labour, Socialist Left and Communist Party members.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jubilanter. . September 23, 1996 . 12 . Norwegian .
  2. Web site: Conradi, Thor C. . Artikler i Friheten varsler at SV-samlingen koker bort . . August 8, 1975 . 4 . Norwegian .
  3. News: Talen, Bjørn . Fure, Reidar . Myk SV-linje ovenfor NKP, men NKP'er hardest ut mot sine egne: "Vanvittig Brudd" . . November 10, 1975 . 6 . Norwegian .
  4. Web site: Partisekretærer . SV.no . February 21, 2010 .
  5. News: Larsen listetopp . . April 7, 1989 . 8 . Norwegian .