Roald Halvorsen was a Norwegian typographer, Communist Party politician and resistance member from World War II.
11 Facts About Roald Halvorsen
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Roald Halvorsen finished his typographer's education before World War II, and was a board member of his local union in Oslo, Oslo Typografiske Fagforening.
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Roald Halvorsen was not a member of any political party.
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Roald Halvorsen participated in the production of the underground newspaper Avantgarden, which reached a peak circulation of 18,000 in 1942.
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Roald Halvorsen was responsible for the type-setting, and during the summer and autumn 1942 this was done from a summer hut at the beach Bestemorstranda at the eastern side of Bunnefjorden.
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Roald Halvorsen fled to Sweden and was a part of the Communist Party leadership-in-exile there.
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Roald Halvorsen was active in trade unionism for many years.
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Roald Halvorsen chaired the local union in Oslo, Oslo Typografiske Fagforening from 1961, and advanced to become leader of the Norwegian Union of Typographers in 1963.
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When this trade union merged to form the Norwegian Graphical Union in 1967, Roald Halvorsen became chairman there.
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Roald Halvorsen was the manager of the Socialist Electoral League from 1973, and deputy chairman of the new Socialist Left Party from 1975 to 1977.
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Roald Halvorsen died in October 2010, at the age of 96.