Hans Bjerkholt (23 November 1892 – 15 March 1983) was a Norwegian trade unionist and activist in the Communist Party, later Moral Re-Armament.
As a labourer in Skjeberg, he was among the founders of the Communist Party of Norway. He fielded for parliamentary election several times in the constituency Østfold; as second ballot candidate in 1924,[1] first candidate in 1930,[2] first candidate in 1933,[3] second candidate in 1945,[4] and first candidate again in 1949.[5] He worked as secretary of Østfold faglige samorg.[6]
In the summer of 1950 he visited Caux, the headquarters of Moral Re-Armament. Some time after that, Bjerkholt started adhering to MRA's ideas. According to many in the Communist Party, this was incompatible with Marxism.[7] Bjerkholt publicly parted ways with the Communist Party, the news reaching national media.[8]
His wife was active in the inner mission, and his son Frank Bjerkholt followed in their footsteps, graduating in theology, but also working as foreign affairs editor in Morgenbladet.[9] Hans Bjerkholt died in 1983.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. VII. 176. Stortingsvalget 1924" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
- ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. VIII. 157. Stortingsvalget 1930" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
- ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. IX. 26. Stortingsvalget 1933" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
- ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. X. 132. Stortingsvalget 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
- ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. XI. 13. Stortingsvalget 1949" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
- ^ "Bjerkholt bryter med kommunistene". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 26 January 1951. p. 1.
- ^ "Et tredje sentrum innen NKP?". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 8 January 1951. p. 2.
- ^ "Kjent kommunist ut av partiet". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 25 January 1951. p. 2.
- ^ Andenæs, Ulf (31 December 2013). "Frank Bjerkholt". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 21 (part 2).
- ^ Death announcement, Aftenposten 18 March 1983 p. 11
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