Axel Sømme

Who is Axel Sømme?

Axel Christian Zetlitz Sømme was a Norwegian geographer, political activist, magazine editor and newspaper editor.

He was born in Stavanger. As a student he was politically active in the Mot Dag movement, and edited the magazine Mot Dag in 1921. He was the first editor of the newspaper Rjukan Arbeiderblad. In this position he was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment for publishing articles encouraging the 1924 military strike.

He was appointed professor at the Norwegian School of Economics from 1948 to 1969. Among his most important scientific works is Jordbrukets geografi i Norge.