Hans Hansen Bjerkholdt

Hans Bjerkholt (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2021-03-01))

Hans Bjerkholt (23 November 1892 – 15 March 1983) was a Norwegian trade unionist and activist in the Communist Party, later Moral Re-Armament.

As a labourer in Skjeberg, he was among the founders of the Communist Party of Norway. He fielded for parliamentary election several times in the constituency Østfold; as second ballot candidate in 1924,[1] first candidate in 1930,[2] first candidate in 1933,[3] second candidate in 1945,[4] and first candidate again in 1949.[5] He worked as secretary of Østfold faglige samorg.[6]

In the summer of 1950 he visited Caux, the headquarters of Moral Re-Armament. Some time after that, Bjerkholt started adhering to MRA's ideas. According to many in the Communist Party, this was incompatible with Marxism.[7] Bjerkholt publicly parted ways with the Communist Party, the news reaching national media.[8]

His wife was active in the inner mission, and his son Frank Bjerkholt followed in their footsteps, graduating in theology, but also working as foreign affairs editor in Morgenbladet.[9] Hans Bjerkholt died in 1983.[10]