Sosialdemokrater mot EU 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...

 interest organization which opposed a future Norwegian membership in the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

, coupled with a Social Democrat ideology. It was special in that the Social Democrat 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....

, spearheaded by Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Norway

The Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...

 Gro Harlem Brundtland

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Gro Harlem Brundtland is a Norwegian Social democratic politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She served three terms as Prime Minister of Norway , and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization...

, strongly supported such a membership. Sosialdemokrater mot EU was active in 1993 and 1994, around the Norwegian European Union membership referendum, 1994 where a majority rejected the membership.

Its leader was Hallvard Bakke

Hallvard Bakke

Hallvard Bakke is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Trade and Shipping 1976-1979, and Minister of Culture 1986-1989. From 2006 to 2010, he was the chairman of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He holds a degree from the Norwegian School of Economics.-References:...

, and its vice leader was Tove Strand Gerhardsen

Tove Strand Gerhardsen

Tove Astri Strand is a Norwegian director and former politician for the Labour Party. She was active in politics between 1963 and 1992, including two periods as a government minister...

. Its members of the board included Anneliese Dørum

Anneliese Dørum

Anneliese Dørum was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was born in Trondheim.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1985, and was re-elected on three occasions. She had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1977–1981...

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While the Labour Party supported EU membership, their young wing Workers' Youth League

Workers' Youth League (Norway)

The Workers' Youth League is Norways biggest political youth organization, and is affiliated with the Norwegian Labour Party.AUF took its current form in April 1927, following the merger of Left Communist Youth League and Socialist Youth League of Norway corresponding with the merger of its...

 was the most active organization within Sosialdemokrater mot EU. Trond Giske

Trond Giske

Trond Giske is a Norwegian politician and the current Minister of Trade and Industry representing the Norwegian Labour Party in the government headed by Jens Stoltenberg....

 chaired the Workers' Youth League at that time, and many young Labour Party politicians worked as secretaries, including Anne Marit Bjørnflaten

Anne Marit Bjørnflaten

Anne Marit Bjørnflaten is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.Between 2000 and 2001, during Stoltenberg's first cabinet, Bjørnflaten was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 2005...

, Trond Jensrud

Trond Jensrud

Trond Jensrud is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1989, but was not re-elected in 1993....

, Synnøve Konglevoll

Synnøve Konglevoll

Synnøve Konglevoll is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 1997, and was re-elected on one occasion....

, and Wegard Harsvik

Wegard Harsvik

Wegard Harsvik is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland during the term 1989–1993....

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