Det 20de Århundre

Det 20de Århundre ("The Twentieth Century") was a periodical published by the Norwegian Labour Party.^[1] It was based in Oslo.^[2]

History and profile

Its purpose was to print background articles on ideology and issues. For news, the party had a full network of newspapers, with Arbeiderbladet (earlier names: Vort Arbeide and Social-Demokraten) as the leading organ.

Editor from 1920 to 1923 was Arvid G. Hansen.^[3] From 1929 its editor was Håkon Meyer, but he was fired in 1934 for deviating political views.^[4] From 1936 it was edited by Arne Ording and Finn Moe.^[5][6]

In 1911 it published a text which was written by internationally known anti-Semite Theodor Fritsch, and translated by the Norwegian anti-Semitic writer Eivind Saxlund.^[7] Saxlund had also written a preface. The text was both anti-Semitic and racist in general.^[8] The periodical printed a rebuttal in the next issue, but in 1912 Saxlund had an article of his own in print.^[9] In it, he lamented a recent "coolie shipment" of 25 Galician labour immigrants; this he perceived as a threat because of possible "miscegenation".^[10]

References

1. Siri Haavie (9 April 2003). "Sterilization in Norway - a dark chapter?". Eurozine. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
2. Det 20de °arhundre tidsskrift for Det Norske Arbeiderparti. WorldCat. OCLC 648900684. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
3. Jensen, Lill-Ann. "Arvid G Hansen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
4. Pryser, Tore. "Håkon Meyer". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
5. Eriksen, Knut Einar. "Arne Ording". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
6. Eriksen, Knut Einar. "Finn Moe". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
7. Christensen, Olaf Sunde (1998). Jøder og Gojim. Mottakelsen av et antisemittisk skrift fra 1910 (in Norwegian). University of Oslo: Institute of History. p. 89.
8. Christensen, 1998: p. 90
9. Christensen, 1998: p. 91
10. Christensen, 1998: pp. 91–93