Josef Larsson

Who was Josef Larsson?

Josef Larsson was a Norwegian metal worker and trade unionist, born in Sweden. From 1931 he was a secretary for the Norwegian Union of Iron and Metalworkers. He was a board member of the Norwegian Labour Party from 1927 to 1930.

In 1941, after the so-called milk strike in Oslo, Larsson was sentenced to death in a German court-martial, but his conviction was changed to imprisonment for life.

He spent the rest of the war years in German jails.After the war he took up again the position as chairman of the Norwegian Union of Iron and Metalworkers, a post he held until 1958. Larsson died in 1987 at 94 years of age.