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'''Harald Trefall''' (10 November 1925 – 14 March 2008) was a ] professor of ] and later politician. He graduated from and worked at the ], where he focused his work on ], and held a ] from the ]. His political career started as a ] city councillor for the ] in 1983, until he left the party in 1986 and finished his term as an ]. He worked within various anti-immigration organisations in the late 1980s, and founded the ] in 1990. He was a ] county councillor for this new party from 1991 to 1995. '''Harald Trefall''' (10 November 1925 – 14 March 2008) was a ] professor of ] and ] politician. He graduated from and worked at the ], where he focused his work on ], and held a ] from the ]. His political career started as a ] city councillor for the ] in 1983, until he left the party in 1986 and finished his term as an ]. He worked within various anti-immigration organisations in the late 1980s, and founded the ] in 1990. He was a ] county councillor for this new party from 1991 to 1995.


==Professional career and life== ==Professional career and life==
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==Political views== ==Political views==
Trefall's main political concern was the recent immigration to Norway. He saw the new ethnic groups as a threat to the homogenous Norwegian society, and believed that it would be devastating for the country in the long term. His solution for helping those in need, was to support them in local ]s, rather than letting them come to Norway.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://onlinesos.aftenposten.no/tjenester/archive/show.htm?catalog=74051&page=60&query=%22harald+trefall%22&date=9.11.1987|accessdate=21 May 2011|language=Norwegian|date=9 November 1987|title=Flyktningdebatt uten rabalder|first=Bjørn|last=Olsen|page=60|work=]}}</ref> While he confirmed the equality of all humans, he believed that each country's citizens should be given special rights in relations to migrants.<ref name=aft2/> Trefall's main political concern was the recent immigration to Norway. He saw the new ethnic groups as a threat to the homogenous Norwegian society, and believed that it would be devastating for the country in the long run. His solution for helping those in need, was to support them in local ]s, rather than letting them come to Norway.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://onlinesos.aftenposten.no/tjenester/archive/show.htm?catalog=74051&page=60&query=%22harald+trefall%22&date=9.11.1987|accessdate=21 May 2011|language=Norwegian|date=9 November 1987|title=Flyktningdebatt uten rabalder|first=Bjørn|last=Olsen|page=60|work=]}}</ref> While he confirmed the equality of all humans, he believed that each country's citizens should be given special rights in relations to migrants.<ref name=aft2/>


He was also opposed to the-then ], which he believed would eventually crumble like the ]. He thought that the principle of ] would destroy the common fellowship between the countries.<ref name=aft2>{{cite news|url=http://onlinesos.aftenposten.no/tjenester/archive/show.htm?catalog=70279&page=10&query=%22harald+trefall%22&date=9.11.1990|accessdate=21 May 2011|language=Norwegian|date=9 November 1990|title=- Landenes borgere må gis særrettigheter|first=Rune|last=Indrøy|page=10|work=]}}</ref> In 2001 he argued that the call by ] for increased work-based immigration to Norway was akin to the "slave-owner ideology" of former societies such as the import of slaves from ] to the Southern ]. He also argued that it was ] when ] promoted immigration in order for the immigrants to take the "dirty jobs" Norwegians don't want. He also considered that the immigrants in turn would soon become just as discerning as the Norwegians, and that it in turn would require a continuous increase of immigration.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bt.no/meninger/Slaveholder-ideologi-2374308.html|work=]|title=Slaveholder-ideologi|date=14 August 2001|accessdate=21 May 2011|language=Norwegian|first=Harald|last=Trefall}}</ref> He was also opposed to the ] (later ]), which he believed would eventually crumble like the ]. He thought that the principle of ] would destroy the common fellowship and good camaraderie between countries.<ref name=aft2>{{cite news|url=http://onlinesos.aftenposten.no/tjenester/archive/show.htm?catalog=70279&page=10&query=%22harald+trefall%22&date=9.11.1990|accessdate=21 May 2011|language=Norwegian|date=9 November 1990|title=- Landenes borgere må gis særrettigheter|first=Rune|last=Indrøy|page=10|work=]}}</ref> In 2001 he argued that the demand by ] for increased work-based immigration to Norway was akin to the "slave-owner ideology" of former colonial societies, such as the ]. He also argued that ] expressed rasist attitudes when he promoted immigration to Norway in order to make immigrants take the "dirty jobs" Norwegians would not accept. He also maintained the immigrants in turn would become just as selective as the Norwegians, which in turn would require a corresponding increase of immigration.<ref>{{cite news|last=Trefall|first=Harald|date=14 August 2001|title=Slaveholder-ideologi|language=Norwegian|work=]|url=http://www.bt.no/meninger/Slaveholder-ideologi-2374308.html|url-status=dead|accessdate=21 May 2011}}</ref>


==References== ==References==

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Harald Trefall (10 November 1925 – 14 March 2008) was a Norwegian professor of experimental physics and far-right politician. He graduated from and worked at the University of Bergen, where he focused his work on cosmic radiation, and held a Ph.D. from the University of Oslo. His political career started as a Bergen city councillor for the Progress Party in 1983, until he left the party in 1986 and finished his term as an independent. He worked within various anti-immigration organisations in the late 1980s, and founded the Fatherland Party in 1990. He was a Hordaland county councillor for this new party from 1991 to 1995.

Professional career and life

Trefall was born in Bergen on 10 November 1925. He graduated with a degree in mathematics and natural sciences at the University of Bergen in 1951, with an average of 1.21 or "exceptionally well". He became amanuensis at the same university in 1955, docent of physics in 1957, and was appointed professor of experimental physics from 1 April 1964. He obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Oslo in 1961 for six dissertations concerning topics within cosmic radiation. His initial academic area was cosmic radiation, but in 1962 he started researching X-ray phenomena brought forth by electron bombardment of the upper atmosphere in the zone of the polar aurora. He became internationally known for his balloon experiments at the Physics Institute at the University of Bergen, and initiated a cooperation with the Max Planck Institute of West Germany in the early 1960s. He retired as professor in 1995. Trefall died 82 years old in March 2008.

Political career

Trefall started his political career in the 1983 local elections when he was elected as a city councillor for the Progress Party in Bergen. He left the party in 1986 because he thought that it no longer followed its own political program, and claimed that he finished his term by only representing the party's program, rather than its party group. He believed that the party really wanted to open the borders, and that its policy thus was too liberal with regards to immigration. Trefall was one of the founders of Folkebevegelsen mot innvandring (FMI) in 1987. For the 1989 parliamentary election, he headed the list of the Stop Immigration party in Hordaland. He founded the Fatherland Party in 1990, and was elected as a Hordaland county councillor following the 1991 local elections. In 1993, he was part of a joint Scandinavian meeting of immigration opponents in Oslo, where notably Denmark's Mogens Glistrup was harassed and beaten up by youth from the Blitz movement and SOS Rasisme.

Political views

Trefall's main political concern was the recent immigration to Norway. He saw the new ethnic groups as a threat to the homogenous Norwegian society, and believed that it would be devastating for the country in the long run. His solution for helping those in need, was to support them in local refugee camps, rather than letting them come to Norway. While he confirmed the equality of all humans, he believed that each country's citizens should be given special rights in relations to migrants.

He was also opposed to the European Economic Community (later European Union), which he believed would eventually crumble like the Soviet Union. He thought that the principle of open borders would destroy the common fellowship and good camaraderie between countries. In 2001 he argued that the demand by Lars Sponheim for increased work-based immigration to Norway was akin to the "slave-owner ideology" of former colonial societies, such as the slaveholding United States. He also argued that Thorbjørn Jagland expressed rasist attitudes when he promoted immigration to Norway in order to make immigrants take the "dirty jobs" Norwegians would not accept. He also maintained the immigrants in turn would become just as selective as the Norwegians, which in turn would require a corresponding increase of immigration.

References

  1. ^ "Professor Harald Trefall fyller 50 år". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 November 1975. p. 10. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  2. "Embetseksamen med innstilling Bergen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Bergen. 20 June 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  3. "Trefall professor i eksperimentell fysikk". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 April 1964. p. 12. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  4. ^ "75 år". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 10 November 2000. p. 11. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  5. Marøy, Lars Bjarne (31 March 2008). "Det er med sorg eg konstaterar". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 4.
  6. Death announcement, Bergens Tidende 18 March 2008
  7. "Professor med meninger". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 10 November 1995. p. 30.
  8. "Utmelding fra Bergen Fremskrittsparti". Norwegian News Agency (in Norwegian). 15 April 1986.
  9. ^ Indrøy, Rune (9 November 1990). "- Landenes borgere må gis særrettigheter". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 10. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  10. "Folkeaksjonen mot innvandring er stiftet". Norwegian News Agency (in Norwegian). Haugesund. 4 October 1987.
  11. Olsen, Kurt-Johnny (24 September 1988). "Partiet Stopp Innvandringen vil inn på Stortinget: Kjentfolk stiller ved 89-valg". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 8. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  12. "Fedrelandspartiet på fylkestinget". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 13 September 1991. p. 49. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  13. Johannessen, Arild S. (25 October 1993). "Innvandringsmotstandere jaget". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 3. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  14. Olsen, Bjørn (9 November 1987). "Flyktningdebatt uten rabalder". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 60. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  15. Trefall, Harald (14 August 2001). "Slaveholder-ideologi". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 May 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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