Oscar Ragnvald Martinius Røine (7 September 1888 – 2 December 1966) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.
He was hired as a mail carrier in Norway Post at a young age. He advanced to postal officer, and from 1921 he was a board member of the Norwegian Union of Postmen,[1] where he was elected as chairman in 1938.[2] During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he endeavored to keep the Union of Postmen from being usurped by the Nazis. His organization was one of forty-three to protest nazification attempts on 15 May 1941, in a letter addressed directly to Reichskommissar Josef Terboven. This protest of the 43 was met with harsh reactions; already on 12 June 1941 two of the protesters were arrested. On 18 June six more protesters were arrested, including Røine and other union leaders.[3] Røine was imprisoned in Møllergata 19 from 12 June to 31 July 1941.[4]
Røine re-assumed his leadership in the Norwegian Union of Postmen after the war ended, but stepped down in 1945 and was given a job as stamp controller. He retired in 1954.[5] Røine was also an elected member of Drammen city council from 1927 to 1936.[2] Despite never practising sports himself, he was a football referee and official within Drammens BK and Buskerud District Association of the Football Association.[5]
In July 1951 Røine was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in silver.[6] He received the highest honorary tokens from the Norwegian Union of Postmen and Drammens BK as well as the International Order of Good Templars.[2] He died in December 1966, aged 79.[7]
References edit
- ^ S.A.N. (3 December 1966). "Oscar Røine død". Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds Blad (in Norwegian). p. 2.
- ^ a b c S.A.N. (5 September 1958). "70 år". Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds Blad (in Norwegian). p. 4.
- ^ Wyller, Thomas Christian. Nyordning og motstand (in Norwegian). pp. 28–33, 54, 333.
- ^ Ottosen, Kristian, ed. (2004). Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 (in Norwegian) (2nd ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 591. ISBN 82-15-00288-9.
- ^ a b rk. (24 September 1954). "47 år i postverket". Fremtiden (in Norwegian). p. 5.
- ^ "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer". Royal House of Norway. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ K.M.A. (3 December 1966). "Oscar Røine død". Fremtiden (in Norwegian). p. 2.