P. Moe-Johansen
Petter Moe-Johansen, usually known as P. Moe-Johansen (16 October 1882 – 1 April 1952) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties.
Early life and career[edit]
He was born in Ørskog. He started his journalistic career at the age of sixteen, and in 1904 he became editor-in-chief of the Aalesund newspaper Nybrott. He then edited Nordlys, and Den 1ste Mai.[1] He took over from Johan Gjøstein in 1906, but fell out with the newspaper owners and the local party, and was replaced by Cornelius Holmboe[2] in 1908.[3] In 1911 Moe-Johansen took over the editor chair in Smaalenenes Socialdemokrat. He remained editor until 1943, when he was deposed as a part of Nazi rule.[4] Nonetheless Tore Pryser reports him to have become positive to the Nazi rule after some time.[5]
He was also a municipal politician. When his Labour Party split in 1921, Moe Johansen joined the more right-wing Social Democratic Labour Party.[1] He was one of the main agitators in the labour press against the Twenty-one Conditions.[6] When the parties reunited in 1927 he rejoined the Labour Party.[1] Østfold county had been dominated completely by the Social Democratic Labour Party, as one of the few counties where the Labour Party was not largest.
When the parties reunited, Moe-Johansen's newspaper hoped to be the county newspaper, but it was instead diminished to a local newspaper as the cities Sarpsborg and Halden now both had newspapers.[7]
He died in October 1952 and was buried in Glemmen.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin, eds. (1934). "Johansen, P. Moe". Arbeidernes Leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. pp. 407–408.
- ^ Omdal, Sven Egil (2010). "Rogalands Avis". In Flo, Idar (ed.). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Volume four of Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 276. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.
- ^ "Cornelius Holmboe" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 28 August 2010.
- ^ Jacobsen, Frank Kiel (2010). "Demokraten". In Flo, Idar (ed.). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Volume four of Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 81. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.
- ^ Pryser, Tore (1991). Arbeiderbevegelsen og Nasjonal Samling (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. p. 107. ISBN 82-10-03346-8.
- ^ Maurseth, Per (1987). Gjennom kriser til makt 1920-1935. Volume three of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. pp. 159, 170. ISBN 82-10-02753-0.
- ^ Maurseth, 1987: p. 432
- ^ "Cemeteries in Norway" (in Norwegian). DIS-Norge. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
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