1. At only 15, Thrane was orphaned and had to move in with friends of the family.
12 Facts About Marcus Thrane
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In 1837, Marcus Thrane left Norway and traveled to France through Germany and Switzerland.
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Marcus Thrane stayed in Paris for several months before returning to Norway in December 1837.
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The family then moved to Drammen, the hometown of his wife, where Marcus Thrane became the editor of the local newspaper, but because of his radical opinions, he was fired after only five months.
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On December 27,1848, Marcus Thrane founded with 160 members.
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Marcus Thrane was sentenced to four years in prison, in addition to the four years that had already passed.
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Marcus Thrane restarted his political activities among Scandinavian immigrants and continued his career as a journalist.
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In 1866, Marcus Thrane started a second Chicago newspaper, which he published until 1878.
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Years later in 1949, Marcus Thrane's coffin was sent to Norway, where he was buried and remains today in Var Frelsers Gravlund in Oslo.
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Indeed, the Marcus Thrane movement united the rural and urban lower classes for a common cause for the first time in Norway.
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Today, Marcus Thrane is remembered in Drammen, the city where he started Norway's first labour union,.
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Marcus Thrane is still recognized for his efforts and labor activism.