Sosialdemokrater mot EU

"Sosialdemokrater mot EU" ( _en. Social Democrats against the EU) was a Norwegian interest organization which opposed a future Norwegian membership in the European Union, coupled with a Social Democrat ideology. It was special in that the Social Democrat Norwegian Labour Party, spearheaded by Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, 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, [stortingetbio|HBA|name=Hallvard Bakke] and its vice leader was Tove Strand Gerhardsen. [stortingetbio|TOGE|name=Tove Strand] Its members of the board included Anneliese Dørum. [stortingetbio|AD|name=Anneliese Dørum]

While the Labour Party supported EU membership, their young wing Workers' Youth League was the most active organization within "Sosialdemokrater mot EU". [cite news |first=Jo Stein |last=Moen |authorlink=Jo Stein Moen |title=Med AUF mot EU |url=http://www.neitileu.no/Kunnskapsbank/Publikasjoner/Standpunkt/Standpunkt+5-2006/Med+AUF+mot+EU |publisher=Nei til EU |date=5 December 2006 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2008-10-02 ] Trond Giske chaired the Workers' Youth League at that time, and many young Labour Party politicians worked as secretaries, including Anne Marit Bjørnflaten, [stortingetbio|ANMB|name=Anne Marit Bjørnflaten] Trond Jensrud, [stortingetbio|TRJE|name=Trond Jensrud] Synnøve Konglevoll, [stortingetbio|SKO|name=Synnøve Konglevoll] and Wegard Harsvik. [ [http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/kkd/dep/politisk_ledelse/statssekretar-wegard-harsvik.html?id=493021 Regjeringen.no biography for Wegard Harsvik] ]

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