Pål Steigan
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Pål Steigan

Norwegian writer and politician

Pål Steigan (born 31 May 1949) is a Norwegian writer and politician, best known as founder of the newspaper Klassekampen and the website Steigan.no. He was leader of the Maoist Workers' Communist Party, AKP (m-l) from 1975 to 1984, and co-leader of the Red Electoral Alliance (RV) until 1979.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Pål Steigan (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born May 31, 1949.1

About

Both parties were small fringe parties that were never represented in parliament during his tenure. He co-founded Klassekampen as a monthly periodical in 1969, and during his leadership AKP developed the periodical into a newspaper in 1977. He later founded the alternative news website Steigan.no that is described by mainstream Norwegian media as a platform of Russian propaganda, conspiracy theories, racism and transphobia.

From Wikipedia’s article on Pål Steigan, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Career

Occupation: journalist, writer, politician, businessperson, editing staff.7

  • 1975 to 1979Party leader, Red Electoral Alliance4
  • 1975 to 1984Party leader, Workers' Communist Party4
  • 1975 to 1979Chair, Red Electoral Alliance5
  • 1975 to 1984Chair, Workers' Communist Party6
  • 1969 to 1971President of Red Youth (Norway)4
  • Date not recordedFounded Klassekampen3

Personal life

  • BornMay 31, 1949, Oslo8 9
  • CitizenshipNorway10
  • SpouseKari Austbø11