About Haavard Langseth
Lived 1888 – 1968 (aged 79). Haavard Langseth was a Norwegian politician.
Haavard Ulvin Langseth (7 July 1888 – 12 April 1968) was a political activist in the Communist Party of Norway.
Langseth went to Moscow as a delegate to the 2nd World Congress of the Comintern in 1920 and was appointed to the Provisional International Bureau of Kultintern at an ancillary conference held a few days later.
In 1952 Langseth was involved in the launch of Orientering, edited by Jakob Friis in 1952. However he was forced to withdraw following a large meeting in January 1953, when a large majority of those present wanted the magazine to adopt an equally critical attitude to the Soviet Union.
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Who was Haavard Langseth?
Norwegian politician
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Haavard Langseth was born on 7 July 1888.
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Haavard Langseth died on 12 April 1968.
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Haavard Langseth was a politician.
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Haavard Langseth was Norwegian.
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