- Peder Furubotn
Peder Furubotn (1890 – 1975) was a Norwegian cabinetmaker and politician. He was elected secretary for the
Communist Party of Norway ("Norges Kommunistiske Parti", "NKP") from its foundation in 1923, and chairman of the party from 1925 to 1930.cite encyclopedia |last=Halvorsen |first=Terje |authorlink= |editor=Hans Fredrik Dahl |encyclopedia=Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 |title=Furubotn, Peder |language=Norwegian |url=http://www.norgeslexi.com/krigslex/f/f6.html#furubotn-peder |accessdate=2008-09-15 |edition= |date= |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |volume= |location=Oslo |id= |isbn=8202141389 |doi= |pages=468pp |quote= no icon] Stayed in Moscow from 1930 to 1938, when he returned to Norway. Furubotn was elected secretary general of the NKP in 1941, after the arrest of de facto leaderHenry Wilhelm Kristiansen at Germany's attack on the Soviet Union 22 June 1941. He had a central role within the party until 1947. In 1950 he was excluded from NKP due to internal controversies.Biographies
*Torgrim Titlestad: "Peder Furubotn 1890 – 1938" (1975).
*Torgrim Titlestad: "Stalin midt imot" (1977)
*Torgrim Titlestad: "I kamp, i krig" (1977)References
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