Hans Aas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Aas

Norwegian politician, trade unionist, Esperantist

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1880

Place of Birth: Tromsø municipality, Northern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 05-Aug-1960

Profession: politician, Esperantist, trade unionist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Hans Aas (22 September 1880 – 5 August 1960) was a Norwegian trade unionist. He was born in Tromsø.
He joined his first trade union in 1906, and chaired the union Norsk bokbinder- og kartonnasjearbeiderforbund from 1914 to 1930.
Having broken away from the Labour Party and joined the Communist Party in 1923, he later worked as a manager in the newspaper Arbeidet.
He was a member of the secretariat of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1920 to 1923, then a deputy who met regularly in the place of Ole O.
Lian, then a secretariat member again from 1927 to 1929.
He formed a Communist minority in the secretariat together with Elias Volan, but they were replaced in 1929.In politics, he was a member of Aker municipal council and chairman of Grorud district branch of the Labour Party.
In the Communist Party he was a member of the politburo for a period.
Aas was also a driving force in Arbeidernes Esperantoforbund.
He died in 1960.