Ørnulf Egge

Ørnulf Egge (26 May 1910 – 31 July 1978) was a Norwegian politician for the Workers' Youth League and Communist Party and resistance member during World War II.

Early political career He was born in Kristiania, and was a son of writer Peter Egge.

He became a central board member in the Workers' Youth League in 1934, and belonged to the left wing. After the German invasion and occupation of Norway in 1940, Egge joined the Trade Opposition of 1940, Shortly thereafter, the Workers' Youth League was prohibited by the Nazi authorities. He operated out of Oslo until the end of World War II. At the same time the communist sabotages began to fade, because the movement lacked weapons and had been weakened by Operation Almenrausch and other arrests.

Post-war career On 15 June 1940, Egge gave his support to Johan Nygaardsvold to continue as Prime Minister of Norway. He also negotiated to cooperate more closely with the Labour Party; this goal was not achieved. Egge was the political secretary of the Communist Party from 1945 to 1946. He was excluded in 1950, during the purge against Peder Furubotn and his supporters. He died in 1978.