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Anton Kalvaa

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Anton Kalvaa (1857–1922) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.

Anton Kalvaa

He joined the Labour Party in 1895. He served as a board member of the Norwegian Union of General Workers from 1902 to 1913, and was then hired as the Labour Party's secretary in Trondhjem.[1] The leading figure of an oppositional wing within the party, Martin Tranmæl was based in that city, and Kalvaa supported him in the "municipal tactic" question; both meant that the Labour Party should not compromise their ideology to attain practical goals.[2] In his heyday, Kalvaa was known as one of the most prolific and influential agitators of the trade union movement.

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  1. ^ Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin, eds. (1935). "Kalvå, Anton". Arbeidernes Leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 5. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. pp. 499–500.
  2. ^ Bjørnson, Øyvind (1990). På klassekampens grunn 1900-1920. Volume two of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. p. 439. ISBN 82-10-02752-2.