Martin Strandli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Martin Strandli

Norwegian trade unionist

Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1890

Place of Birth: Stange, Hedmark, Norway

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1973

Profession: politician, trade unionist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Martin Strandli

  • Martin Strandli (28 January 1890 – 14 January 1973) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour and Communist parties. He was born in Stange.
  • He joined his first trade union in 1913, and worked as a construction worker in Kristiania.
  • He was a board member of the Labour Party in Kristiania.
  • In February 1923 he was elected to the Labour Party central board, as the only pro-Comintern member together with Kristian Kristensen.
  • When the pro-Comintern faction broke away to create the Communist Party, he joined them, but eventually returned to Labour.
  • From 1933 to 1937 and 1945 to 1946 he was a treasurer in the Norwegian Union of Building Industry Workers, and from 1934 he was a member of the secretariat of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.He was a co-founder of Oslo Bygge- og Sparelag (OBOS) in 1929, and was the chairman from 1937 to 1942.
  • He was then arrested as a part of the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.
  • He was incarcerated in Møllergata 19 from February to March 1942, then in Grini concentration camp until 13 March 1945.
  • He was transferred to Mysen, but the rest is unknown.
  • At Grini he participated in an inner circle of Labour Party-affiliated discussants.
  • In the autumn of 1944 he became a part of a post-war party platform committee, which consisted of Einar Gerhardsen (leader), Olaf Watnebryn, Olaf Solumsmoen, Gunvald Engelstad, Arnoldus Kongerø and Strandli.
  • Gunnar BrÃ¥then joined in January 1945.After the war, from 1946 to 1960, he was the CEO of Oslo Bygge- og Sparelag.
  • He received the Order of St.
  • Olav in 1950, and the Medal of St.
  • Hallvard in 1958.
  • He died in January 1973.

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