Naftali Nilsen

Naftali Nilsen (1890 – ??) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.

He was born in Trondenes. In 1910 he moved to the United States. He returned to Trondenes in 1917, and became chairman in the local Labour Party. He was a member of Trondenes municipal council from 1920 to 1924, and was a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway during the term 1922–1924.^[1] He was also acting editor of the newspaper Folkeviljen in 1922, while Sigurd Simensen was imprisoned for revolutionary activity.^[2] In 1923, when Simensen joined the new Communist Party, the Labour Party retained control over Folkeviljen, and Simensen was replaced by an editing committee of Naftali Nilsen, Kristian Tønder and Alfons Johansen. Johansen took over as sole editor a few weeks later.

From 1924 to 1932, Nilsen was the editor-in-chief of Fremover in Narvik. He chaired the regional party in Nordre Salten, and was a member of Narvik city council.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin, ed (1935). "Nilsen, Naftali" (in Norwegian). Arbeidernes Leksikon. 5. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. pp. 524–525. 
2. ^ Kristiansen, Gunnar E. (in Norwegian). Sigurd Simensen. Kommunist og pressemann. Tromsø: University of Tromsø. http://www.ub.uit.no/munin/bitstream/10037/27/1/thesis.pdf. Retrieved 29 December 2010. 

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