Adam Egede-Nissen Norwegian

Norway

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 Communist politician. Born in Levanger

Levanger

Levanger is a town and municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger...

 and he started his political involvement in the Liberal Party of Norway and was elected to the Storting in 1900. In 1905 he broke with the Liberal Party and joined the Norwegian Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

 and became one of its leaders. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Egede-Nissen became sympathetic with the Bolsheviks and went to the Russian SFSR in 1918 where he met with Lenin. Egede-Nissen wanted the Norwegian Labour Party to join the Communist International, but the party remained social democratic and in 1923 Egede-Nissen became a founding member of the new Communist Party of Norway

Communist Party of Norway

The Communist Party of Norway is a political party in Norway without parliamentary representation. It was formed in 1923, following a split in the Norwegian Labour Party. The party played an important role in the resistance to German occupation during the Second World War, and experienced a brief...

. He was the party's leader 1934 - 1946. During the Nazi occupation of Norway

Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany

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 in World War II

World War II

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, Egede-Nissen first spent some years in exile living in Iceland

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, Canada

Canada

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 and the United States

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, but in 1944 he returned to Finnmark

Finnmark

or Finnmárku is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast.The county was formerly known as Finmarkens...

 in northern Norway where he participated in the struggle against the Nazis.

Egede-Nissen's was married to Georga ("Goggi") Wilhelma Ellertsen (1871–1959), his children Aud Egede-Nissen

Aud Egede-Nissen

Aud Richter was a Norwegian actress, appearing in many early 20th century German films.- Biography :...

, Gerd Grieg

Gerd Grieg

Gerd Grieg, née Egede-Nissen was a Norwegian actress.She was born in Bergen. Her parents were Georga Wilhelma Ellertsen and politician Adam Egede-Nissen . Her siblings Aud Egede-Nissen, Ada Kramm, Stig Egede-Nissen, Lill Egede-Nissen and Gøril Havrevold became an actors as well...

 (1895–1988), Ada Kramm

Ada Kramm

Ada Kramm was a Norwegian stage and film actress whose career spanned more than six decades.-Early life and career:...

(1899–1981), Stig Egede-Nissen (1907–1988), Oscar Egede-Nissen (1903–1976), Gøril Havrevold (1914–1992) and Lill Egede-Nissen (1909–1962) all became stage and motion picture actors.