Hanna Bergstrøm

Hanna Marie K. Bergstrøm, née Magnusson (22 April 1885 – 1948) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Communist Party.

Biography

She was born in Stockholm and founded a trade union in Malmö in 1906,[1] but immigrated to Norway and Oslo. She worked as a seamstress, and was active in her trade union Syerskenes forening/Konfeksjonsarbeidernes forening. She joined the Communist Party in 1925, chaired its women's committee and became a member of the politburo in 1929. She stood for parliamentary election in 1927, 1930 and 1933.[2] As she headed the ballot in the 1930 election, she was the only female top candidate in the three first elections contested by the Communist Party (1924, 1927, 1930).[3] She was also a board member of the trade union Skredderforbundet from 1928, but was excluded in 1931.[1]

During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany in 1942 she was incarcerated at Bredtveit concentration camp from 17 August to 14 December 1944.[4] After the Second World War she stood for election in 1945. She died three years later.[2]

References

1. Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond, eds. (1931). "Bergstrøm, Hanna". Arbeidernes Leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 1. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. p. 645.
2. Lorenz, Einhart (1983). Det er ingen sak å få partiet lite. NKP 1923–1931 [There is no point in getting the party small. NKP 1923–1931] (in Norwegian). Oslo: Pax. p. 288. ISBN 82-530-1255-1.
3. Lorenz 1983, p. 188.
4. Ottosen, Kristian, ed. (2004). Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 [Norwegians in captivity 1940–1945] (in Norwegian) (2nd ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 125. ISBN 82-15-00288-9.