Paul O. Løkke

Paul Olsen Løkke (12 December 1879 – 1937) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties.

He was born in Vågå. He joined his first trade union in 1906, and in the city of Tønsberg he was a board member of the local Union of Iron and Metalworkers from 1908 to 1912 and local Labour Party leader from 1910 to 1913.^[1]

He was the editor-in-chief of the Larvik newspaper Nybrott and the Hamar newspaper Demokraten before taking over Vestfold Arbeiderblad in 1920.^[2] When his Labour Party split in 1921, Moe Johansen joined the more right-wing Social Democratic Labour Party. He chaired the party chapter in Tønsberg fra 1923 to 1925.^[1] He edited Buskerud Social-Demokrat from 1921 to 1923 and Vestfold Social-Demokrat from 1923 to 1925.^[2] He died in 1937.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin, ed (1934). "Løkke, Paul Olsen" (in Norwegian). Arbeidernes Leksikon. 4. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. p. 168. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Maurseth, Per (1987) (in Norwegian). Gjennom kriser til makt 1920-1935. Volume three of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge. Oslo: Tiden. p. 160. ISBN 82-10-02753-0. 
3. ^ Maurseth, 1987: p. 607

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Name	Loekke, Paul
Alternative names	Big Cat
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Date of birth	12 December 1879
Place of birth	Detroit
Date of death	1937
Place of death	Japan