Ole Øisang

Ole Thorsen Øisang (26 April 1893 – 6 March 1963) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.

Early life and career Øisang was born in Risør as the son of Theodor Thorsen Kjørvik (1866–1952) and Aase Marie Øisang (1869–1898). He was originally named Ole Kjørvik, but changed his last name to Øisang some time before 1910. As he lost his mother at the age of five, he lived in Søndeled Municipality with his uncle and aunt. Øisang graduated from middle school in Kristiansand in 1910 and started his journalistic career as a subeditor in Sørlandets Socialdemokrat in 1912.

Political and professional career In 1915, Øisang was hired as the editor-in-chief of the Røros newspaper Arbeidets Rett. In Røros he met Ingebjørg Guldahl, whom he married in October 1917. Øisang then became the editor-in-chief of Vestfold Arbeiderblad in 1918 and of Sørlandet in 1920. He also published pamphlets and books, including Klassesamfundets historie. Den sociale utvikling indtil industrialismens gjennembrud (1922) and Marxismens grunntrekk (1926). Øisang has been elected into the national board of the Norwegian Labour Party in 1918, During the Labour Party turbulence in the 1920s, which saw the Social Democratic Labour Party and the Communist Party break away, Øisang tried to build bridges between the rival fractions. When this attempt failed, he remained with Labour. He was rewarded with the job as editor-in-chief of Arbeider-Avisa. In 1928 Øisang was elected to serve as a member of the municipal council of Trondheim Municipality. Øisang continued publishing books; his last book was on the history of Trøndelag Teater, released 1962. His wife Ingebjørg died in 1956, and in February 1962 Øisang married again, this time to Kristine Bauck, who was the widow of Stig Bauck (1893–1951) and daughter of well-known newspaper editor Knut Olai Thornæs. Øisang left both the editor position and the school board in 1958, and continued working in Arbeider-Avisa from 1958 to his death in 1963.

Selected works Den faglige kamp, 1915 Klassesamfundets historie. Den sociale utvikling indtil industrialismens gjennembrud, 1922 Marxismens grunntrekk, 1926 Kampen for folkestyret, 1933 Vi vil oss et land –. Arbeiderbevegelsen og det nasjonale spørsmål, 1937 Teater i Trondheim gjennom 125 år, 1941 Malernes forening i Trondheim 1893 – 17. april – 1943, 1943 Røros Kobberverks historie, 1946 Arbeiderpressen i Trøndelag, 1950 Veien til boken. Skjønnlitteraturen i opplysningsarbeidet, 1951 Kjørvik- og Øisang-slekten i Søndeled, 1957 Trøndelag Teater gjennom 25 år, 1962