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Mar 11, 1896 Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway Died on 23 Oct 1989 (aged 93)
Norwegian politician
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About Håkon Meyer
- Håkon Meyer (11 March 1896 – 23 October 1989) was a Norwegian politician, trade unionist and businessperson. He was born in Kristiania, the son of Ludvig Meyer and Emma Metz.
- In the 1920s and 1930s he was an active and leading Labour Party politician, and chaired the Social-Democratic Youth League.
- He had a leading position in the trade union opposition group called "Fagopposisjonen av 1940", and became a member of Nasjonal Samling in December 1940.
- He chaired the Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees from 1941 to 1942.
- In the legal purge in Norway after World War II he was sentenced for treason.
- He later settled in Sweden, where he was running a trading company.
- In 1952 he published the book Et annet syn.
- He died in Malmö in 1989.
