Anders Buen | |
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 Anders Buen | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 1906–1921 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1864-02-24)24 February 1864 Gransherad |
| Died | 17 July 1933(1933-07-17) (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Labour (–1921, 1927–1933) Social Democratic Labour (1921–1927) |
| Occupation | Newspaper editor Bank manager |
| Profession | Typographer |
Anders Johnsen Buen (24 February 1864 – 17 July 1933) was a Norwegian typographer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician. He belonged to theNorwegian Labour Party from the start, being party secretary as well as editor of the party organsSocial-Demokraten andNy Tid, but politically he was described as a "reformistpragmatic", and was thus a member of the breakawaySocial Democratic Labour Party of Norway from 1921 to 1927.
Buen was born inGransherad as the son of farmer Jon Olsen Buen (1823–1906) and his wife Aslaug Olsdatter (1826–1906). He finished primary school, and attended a secondary school inVang, Hedmark for two years, before entering an apprenticeship as a book printer atW.C. Fabritius inKristiania in 1879. He then educated himself, and worked, as atypographer.[1]
In 1885, Buen was among the founders of the associationSocialdemokratisk Forening.[1] The association took control over the newspaperVort Arbeide ('Our Work'), founded in 1884 byChristian Holtermann Knudsen,[2] and Buen was hired there as a journalist. The name was changed fromVort Arbeide toSocial-Demokraten ('The Social Democrat') in 1886.[2] Buen was appointed editor-in-chief ofSocial-Demokraten in 1900, and as this was the main organ for theLabour Party,[3] Buen became party secretary as well.[4] He also chaired his local trade union from 1897 to 1898, and served one term in Kristiania city council from 1901 to 1903.[1]
In 1903, a conflict in the party forced the retreat of Buen as editor-in-chief.[3] He was also replaced as party secretary.[4] Instead, he was sent toTrondhjem to edit the party organ in that city,Ny Tid.[3] He served as a member of Trondhjem city council from 1907 to 1910 and from 1913 to his death. He was also elected to the first session of theNorwegian Parliament in1906,1909,1912,1915 and1918, representing thesingle-member constituency ofLademoen. He led the Labour Party parliamentary group from 1913 to 1921, and from 1919 to 1921 he served asPresident of the Storting.[1]
In the meantime, Buen had been succeeded as editor ofNy Tid byMartin Tranmæl.[citation needed] Tranmæl belonged to the radical wing of the Labour Party, and in 1921, the moderate wing broke out to form theSocial Democratic Labour Party of Norway, due to disagreements over the Labour Party's membership in theComintern and adaption of theTwenty-one Conditions. Buen, described as a "reformistpragmatic", joined the Social Democratic Labour Party.[3] From 1922 to 1927 he edited the newspaperTrøndelag Social-Demokrat, which can be considered an offshoot ofNy Tid. Labour Party had officially scrapped the Twenty-one Conditions in 1923, and in 1927 the Labour Party and the Social Democratic Labour Party reconciled and reunited.Trøndelag Social-Demokrat was disestablished, but sinceNy Tid had been usurped when theCommunist Party of Norway broke away from the Labour Party in 1923, the Labour Party organ in Trondhjem was nowArbeider-Avisen.[3] Buen worked as a journalist here for a few years. He also managed the local branch ofNorges Bank from 1916 to his death in 1933 and had been a member of the board of theNorwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate from 1921 to 1923.[1]
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Party secretary of theLabour Party 1900–1903 | Succeeded by |
| Media offices | ||
| Preceded by | Chief editor ofSocial-Demokraten 1900–1903 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chief editor ofNy Tid 1903–1908 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chief editor ofNy Tid 1911–1912 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | President of the Storting 1919–1921 (with others) | Succeeded by |