Hans Aas

Hans Aas (22 September 1880 – 5 August 1960) was a Norwegian trade unionist.

Aas was born in Tromsø. He joined his first trade union in 1906, and chaired the union Norsk bokbinder- og kartonnasjearbeiderforbund from 1914 to 1930. Having broken away from the Labour Party and joined the Communist Party in 1923, Aas later worked as a manager in the newspaper Arbeidet. He was a member of the secretariat of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1920 to 1923,[1] then a deputy who met regularly in the place of Ole O. Lian,[2] then a secretariat member again from 1927 to 1929.[1] He formed a Communist minority in the secretariat together with Elias Volan, but they were replaced in 1929.[3]

In politics, Aas was a member of Aker municipal council and chairman of Grorud district branch of the Labour Party. In the Communist Party, he was a member of the politburo for a period.[4] Aas was also a driving force in Arbeidernes Esperantoforbund.[5] He died in 1960.[6]

References

1. Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin, eds. (1936). "Aas, Hans". Arbeidernes Leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 6. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. p. 1143.
2. Maurseth, Per (1987). Gjennom kriser til makt 1920-1935. Volume three of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. p. 393. ISBN 82-10-02753-0.
3. Maurseth, 1987: p. 546
4. Lorenz, Einhart (1983). Det er ingen sak å få partiet lite. NKP 1923–1931 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Pax. p. 297. ISBN 82-530-1255-1.
5. Maurseth, 1987: p. 522
6. Maurseth, 1987: p. 616