| A
BRIEF HISTORY of Georgism in Norway |
- "Georgism
came to Norway in the late 1880s, largely due to the efforts of
Viggo Ullman. As a public movement it was weaker in Norway than
in Denmark, and has few if any political successes to show for
itself. Mainstream economists were unimpressed by Georgist
claims. But the important political debates about the so-called
concession Laws (1906-1920), touched on themes where Georgists
had much to say. The Concession laws laid down the terms on
which foreign and Norwegian corporations might acquire property
rights to natural resources, especially waterfalls and mineral
deposits, which were vital to electricity generation and to
heavy industry. (According to those laws, waterfall rights were
leased to users for 100 years at significant fees, payable to
the local authority, after which rights revert to the State.)"
-- [Sigmund Knag, July, 2006]
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| Name |
Place(s)
of Residence |
Comments |
Andersen,
Kirsten |
... |
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
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Anker,
Herman |
... |
- 1887 - Co-founder of the journal, Vor Tid
|
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ARBEIDER DEMOKRATENE |
... |
- 1906 - Founded, with Johan Castberg as its
leader for many years; cooperated with Venstre (the Liberal Party)
- 1909 - Included proposal for land value taxation on its program
|
Berner,
H.E. |
Christiania |
- Profession: lawyer and liberal politician;
founded the newspaper Dagbladet, and although not a
Georgist, he proposed a tax on land value increments
- 1839 - Born 1907 - Introduced bill to tax land values
|
Bjornson,
Bjornstjerne |
... |
|
Garborg,
Arne |
... |
- 1905 - First became interested in Henry George's ideas
- 1906 - Book,
Jesus Messias,
published
- 1907 - Garbord subscribed to the political
philosophy of the Dane Severin Christensen:
called "retsmoral,"
"retsdemokrati" or "retstats-laere," which
combined Georgism with limited-government classical liberalism
(see Severin Christensen, Naturlig ret, published in
1907, Resstaten, 1911, 2nd edition 1922. A follower of
Christensen in Sweden was Johan Hansson, later a famous
publisher. There was considerable correspondence between the
three)
- 1908 - Book,
Heimkomin son,
published
- 1908 - Co-editor and contributor to Retfaerd
- 1909 - Pamphlet,
Dialogues on Land Reform,
published
- 1910 - Book,
on Leo Tolstoy,
published
- 1916 - Contributor to Danish journal, Retsstaten,
in which he authored numerous articles on Georgist subjects
|
Hansen,
Halfdan |
... |
- 1903 - First became interested in the ideas of Henry George
- 1926 - Attended International Conference, Copenhagen
- 1926 - Paper,
"Increased Land Values and a Sound Basis of Valuation,"
delivered at the
International Conference to Promote Land Value Taxation and Free
Trade; Oxford, England
- 1927 - Address,
on unemployment and land value taxation,
before the Liberal Club of Bergen
- 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
- 1952 - Attended International Union confernece, Odense, Denmark
- 1960s - Donated Georgist books to the University of Bergen
- 1971 - Donated funds to the University of
Bergen for the best thesis on economic liberalism
- 1973 - Donated Georgist books to the Bergen University Library
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|
HENRY GEORGE LEAGUE |
Christiania |
- 1907 - Founded, with Viggo Ullmann as the first President
|
Keilhau,
Wilhelm |
... |
- 1918 - Dissertation,
"Jordrentelaeren"
(The Theory of the Ground Rent), published
|
Knag,
Sigmund |
Bergen |
- 2003 - Engaged in research on the Georgist movement
|
Konow,
Wollert |
... |
- 1887 - Co-founded the journal, Vor Tid
|
Kramer,
Trygve |
... |
- 1907 - Book,
Grundverdibeskatningen
(Land Value Taxation)
|
Lie,
Erling |
... |
- 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
- 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
|
Lorch-Falck,
------ |
... |
- Writer and editor of Alternativt Samfunn
(not active in the Georgist movement)
- 1995 - Attended International Union conference, Denmark
|
Lyng,
F. |
... |
- 1936 - Attended the conference of the International Union,
London, England; 1-5 September
|
Myrvang,
Thore |
... |
- Profession: teacher, farmer and politician
for the radical liberal party Arbeiderdemokratene. Campaigned
for Land Value taxation
- 1909 - Book,
Skat pa grundvaerdi og grundvaerdistigning
(Taxation of Land Value and the Land
Value Increment)
|
|
Retfraerd |
Christiania |
- 1908 - Founded as organ of the Henry George League
- 1926 - Revived as Rettferd, but lasted just one year
|
|
SOCIETY FOR THE TAXATION OF LAND VALU |
... |
- 1912 - Formed in Christiana, 12 November
|
Sund,
Nils |
... |
- 1949 - Attended International Union conference,
Swanwick, England
- 1952 - Attended International Union conference,
Odense, Denmark
|
Sunnevaag,
Kjell J. |
(Bergen) |
- 2005 - Paper,
"Henry George,"
Okonomisk Forum, No.2, pp.1-9
- 2006 - Serving as Research Director, SNF
|
Ullmann,
Viggo |
... |
- Profession: priest, school founder,
publicist and liberal politician; described as an excellent
public speaker
- 1885 - Elected to Norwegian Parliament; served thru 1900
- 1885 - Translated Progress and Poverty
- 1887 - Lectured in Denmark on ideas of Henry George
- 1889 - Co-founder of the first Georgist Association in Scandinavia
- 1887 - Co-founded journal, Vor Tid
(Our Times) which ran until 1891, then was relaunched in 1893 but
discontinued in 1894
- 1893 - Visited U.S. and met with Henry George
- 1907 - Addressed Workingmen's League
- 1907 - Elected President, Norwegian Henry
George League
|
Vedum,
Trygve Slagvold |
... |
|
Vikse,
Odd |
... |
- 1976 - Dissertation, Jord, skatt,
rettferd: georgeismen i norsk samfunnsdebatt 1885-1909
(Land-Taxation-Justice:
Georgism in Norwegian Political Debate 1885-1909), published
by the University of Bergen
|
Wang,
Ole |
(Tonsberg) |
- 1939 - Radio address on the Progress and
Poverty Centenary broadcast from Oslo, 5 September
- 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
- 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
- 195- - Served as Vice Pres., International Union
- 1955 - Attended International Union
conference, St. Andrews University, Scotland
- 1964 - Article,
"Conservation,"
Land & Liberty, November
- 1971 - Article,
"All the Way, Globally,"
International Union Newsletter, September
- 1978 - Died, 25 August (age 89)
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Wang,
Ole (Mrs.) |
... |
- 1949 - Attended International Union
conference, Swanwick, England
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
|
Wielgolaski,
S. |
... |
- Profession: civil servant
- 1908 - Early co-editor and contributor to Retfaerd
- 1923 - Office manager in the Norwegian
Social Security Agency, Rikstrygdeverket
- 1923 - Attended International Union conference, Oxford, England
- 1926 - Attended International Conference, Copenhagen
- 1936 - Attended the conference of the International Union, London,
England; 1-5 September
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