Gunnar Sethil

Gunnar Sethil

Gunnar Sethil (28 November 1872 – 20 March 1941) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.

He was born at Sethil in Brandval as a son of crofter Martin Olsen Sethil (1827–1891) and Karen Bjerkerod (1834–1918). He graduated from Jønsberg Agricultural School in 1892.[1] In his early career he worked as a forest and construction laborer.[2] From 1902 to 1905 he chaired the local trade union Kristiania Sten- og Cementarbeiderforening. From 1904 to 1906 he was a central board member of the Labour Party; he was also a city council member in Kristiania from 1904 to 1920.[1]

He was a manager in the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1906 to 1907, and a member of its secretariat from 1903 to 1920 and 1923 to 1927. He was the deputy chairman of the union Norwegian Union of General Workers from 1908 to 1918,[2] when he stepped down together with chairman Richard Hansen. After 1918, they were a part of the social democratic opposition in the labour movement.[3] Still, he did not leave the Labour Party.[4] He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Grunerløkken during the terms 1916–1918[5] and 1919–1921.[1]

He chaired the Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees from 1920 to 1935.[2] He died in 1941.[6]

  1. ^ a b c "Gunnar Sethil" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin, eds. (1936). "Sethil, Gunnar". Arbeidernes Leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 6. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. pp. 259–260.
  3. ^ Maurseth, Per (1987). Gjennom kriser til makt 1920-1935. Volume three of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. p. 64. ISBN 82-10-02753-0.
  4. ^ Maurseth, 1987: p. 393
  5. ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. VI. 65. Stortingsvalget 1915" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  6. ^ Maurseth, 1987: p. 612