Malfred Bergseth
Malfred Kasper Bergseth (19 June 1895 – 24 August 1966) was a Norwegian trade unionist.
He was born in Øvre Rendal. He was a manual laborer from a young age, mostly in construction. He organized both politically and trade-wise in 1912, joining the Norwegian Union of General Workers and . In 1917 however he left social democracy to become a syndicalist, in Norsk Syndikalistisk Forbund. He became known as manager of Oslo sten, jord og cementarbeiderforening in 1927, a union he had joined in 1923. In 1930 he became deputy chairman of the Norwegian Union of Building Industry Workers.[1] He later chaired the union.
Bergseth served 24 days in prison for supporting the Left Communist Youth League's of 1924, and 30 days in prison in 1930 for violating § 222 of the Penal Law.[1] This paragraph had been amended in 1927 to include harassment of strikebreakers as a punishable offense. It was strongly disregarded by the labour movement, who dubbed it the "Zuchthaus Act" (Norwegian: tukthusloven).[2] He died in August 1966 and was buried at .[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond, eds. (1931). "Bergseth, Malfred Kasper". Arbeidernes Leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 1. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. pp. 643–644.
- ^ "tukthusloven". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Cemeteries in Norway". DIS-Norge. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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