Clarté (Norway)

Clarté (French for "clarity") was a socialist and pacifist organisation in Norway.

It was founded in 1925, and had its roots in a French-based international organization of the same name. The international organization became defunct in 1923, but French and Swedish branches existed, and Danish and Finnish branches came in 1925 and 1926.^[1]

In Norway, Clarté was strongly affiliated with the organization Mot Dag, and Mot Dag's Arne Ording was chairman. Ording also edited the organization's periodical, also named Clarté.^[1] This was published between 1929 and 1931.^[2] Another Norwegian, Aake Anker Ording, was secretary-general of Nordisk Clartéforbund (the Nordic Clarté Association) from 1927.^[1] Clarté in Norway existed until 1936, when it was reorganized with the new name Forum.^[2] Mot Dag was disestablished in the same year.^[3]

It split in 1940. In light of the Winter War, then-chairman of Forum, Gudmund Harlem, proposed that communists be barred from membership in the organization. 74 voted for, 78 voted against, and the minority left the organization to form .^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Hagtvet, Bernt (1976). "Clarté". Pax Leksikon. Oslo: Pax. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Clarté – sosialistiske organisasjoner". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Mot Dag". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
^ Pryser, Tore (1988). Klassen og nasjonen 1935-1946. Volume four of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. pp. 229–230. ISBN 82-10-02754-9.

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[pax-1] Hagtvet, Bernt (1976). "Clarté". Pax Leksikon. Oslo: Pax. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2010.

[snl-2] Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Clarté – sosialistiske organisasjoner". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2010.

[3] Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Mot Dag". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2010.

[4] Pryser, Tore (1988). Klassen og nasjonen 1935-1946. Volume four of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. pp. 229–230. ISBN 82-10-02754-9.

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