Reidar T. Larsen

Reidar T. Larsen
Member of Parliament for Hedmark
In office
1973–1977
Leader of the Communist Party of Norway
In office
1965–1975
Preceded byEmil Løvlien
Succeeded byMartin Gunnar Knutsen
Member of Lillehammer City Council
In office
1945–1947
Personal details
Born
Reidar Thoralf Larsen

(1923-10-08)8 October 1923
Lillehammer, Norway
Died16 February 2012(2012-02-16) (aged 88)
Lillehammer, Norway
Political partySocialist Left Party (1975-1999)
Communist Party of Norway (-1975)
OccupationPolitician

Reidar Thoralf Larsen (8 October 1923 – 16 February 2012) was a Norwegian politician.[1] He was chairman of the Communist Party of Norway from 1965 to 1975, when he resigned from his position, left the party and joined the Socialist Left Party (SV). He left SV in 1999 in protest against the party's support for the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, and because he felt the party was not radical enough.[1]

Larsen was a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1973 to 1977, representing Hedmark.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Norwegian News Agency (18 February 2012). "Reidar T. Larsen er død" (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  2. ^ Halvorsen, Terje. "Reidar T. Larsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Reidar Thoralf Larsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 February 2011.