Ole Øisang
Ole Thorsen Øisang (26 April 1893 – 6 March 1963) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. Early life and career Øisang was born in Risør as the son of Theodor Thorsen Kjørvik (1866–1952) and Aase Marie Øisang (1869–1898). He was originally named Ole Kjørvik, but changed his last name to Øisang some time before 1910. As he lost his mother at the age of five, he lived in Søndeled with his uncle and aunt. Øisang graduated from middle school in Kristiansand in 1910 and started his journalistic career as a subeditor in Sørlandets Socialdemokrat in 1912. Political and professional career In 1915, Øisang was hired as the editor-in-chief of Røros newspaper Arbeidets Rett. In Røros he met Ingebjørg Guldahl, whom he married in October 1917. Øisang then became the editor-in-chief of Vestfold Arbeiderblad in 1918 and of Sørlandet in 1920. He also published pamphlets and books, including Klassesamfundets historie. Den sociale utvikling indtil industrialismens gjennembrud (1922) and Marxismens grunntrekk (1926). Øisang has been elected into the national board of the Norwegian Labour Party in 1918, and served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties during