Peder Kaasmoli was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 newspaper editor and politician for the Labour

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 Communist

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...

 parties.

He hailed from Misvær

Misvær

Misvær is a small village near the maelstrom of Saltstraumen, Norway. It is part of Bodø, Salten. Its population is 251....

. He started his career as a mining worker, with tenures in Sulitjelma

Sulitjelma

Sulitjelma is a village in Fauske municipality in Nordland, Norway. The village has 481 residents . Sulitjelma is situated in a lush inland valley only 140 meters amsl along the shore of the Langvatnet lake. There are many old mines in the area. Sultitjelma are virtually sourrounded by mountains...

 and Kirkenes

Kirkenes

is a town in the municipality of Sør-Varanger in the county of Finnmark in the far northeast of Norway...

. He edited the newspapers Vest-Finnmarken Socialdemokrat from 1916 to 1917 and Nordlys

Nordlys

Nordlys is a Norwegian newspaper published in Tromsø, covering the region of Troms, and the largest newspaper in Northern Norway. Chief editor is Anders Opdahl. Nordlys was founded in 1902 by Alfred Eriksen, who also was its first editor-in-chief. Among the later editors are Ivan Kristoffersen, who...

 from 1917. While editing 'Nordlys he was a member of Tromsø

Tromsø

Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...

 city council for several years.

When the Labour Party split in 1923, Kaasmoli joined the Communist Party. The newspaper situation in the city was complicated. Nordlys first followed the Communist Party, but he was fired as the newspaper came on Labour Party hands with issues on 15 and 17 November 1923. On 17 November, the Communist Party also made a one-off issue of the new newspaper Troms Fylkes Kommunistblad

Troms Fylkes Kommunistblad

Troms Fylkes Kommunistblad was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Tromsø in Troms county.Troms Fylkes Kommunistblad was started in a complicated situation. It belonged to the Communist Party which broke away from the Labour Party in 1923, but the Communist Party originally managed to usurp the...

, before Nordlys returned to Communist Party hands from 20 November 1923 to 20 January 1924. Kaasmoli was also re-hired. Then, after Nordlys again became a Labour newspaper, Troms Fylkes Kommunistblad

Troms Fylkes Kommunistblad

Troms Fylkes Kommunistblad was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Tromsø in Troms county.Troms Fylkes Kommunistblad was started in a complicated situation. It belonged to the Communist Party which broke away from the Labour Party in 1923, but the Communist Party originally managed to usurp the...

was restarted. Kaasmoli edited it until the newspaper's demise later in 1924. He died in 1931.