feb 2, 1923 - Norway

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Nov This month the Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway withdraws from the Comintern (Communist International). A minority of its membership forms the Communist Party of Norway and stays associated with the Comintern. The Social Democrats are on their way to becoming a dominant political party, describing its policies as in the interest of working people. The Communist Party will be described as playing "an important role in the resistance to German occupation during the Second World." Then it will decline.

Dec 31 Norway's Labour Party, founded in 1887, has been a member of the Comintern (Communist International) since 1918. This year it leaves the Comintern and establishes its identity more clearly as Social Democratic. A minority of its members leave the party and form the Communist Party of Norway.

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