{"id":42021,"date":"2025-10-30T10:35:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/?page_id=42021"},"modified":"2026-01-29T08:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:24:18","slug":"ib-norlunds-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/library-archive\/party\/dkp-and-communism-in-denmark\/ib-norlunds-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Ib N\u00f8rlund’s Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Workers’ Museum & Library and Archive of the Labor Movement houses the archive of leading communist Ib N\u00f8rlund, which contains the papers left behind by one of the most prominent personalities of the Danish Communist Party.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By: Jesper J\u00f8rgensen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of this goldmine came to ABA in connection with DKP’s transfer of archive material in 1989\/90. Diaries and some older manuscripts were added in 2004. N\u00f8rlund’s diaries from the periods 1930-1940 and 1962-1989 are an invaluable asset for posterity. Together with the rest of the archive, the diaries provide a deep insight into the activities of the Danish Communist Party and will contribute to the understanding of the actions of a Muscovite communist in Danish society and communist culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ib N\u00f8rlund speaks at the EC demonstration in front of Christiansborg on the 2nd anniversary of the referendum, 2.10.1974<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As the party was very much Ib N\u00f8rlund’s entire life, it has not been the goal to collect all material relating to Ib N\u00f8rlund in the personal archive or, for that matter, to separate all party material from the personal archive. There will therefore be further traces of him in the archives of DKP and DKU, for example. The material gathered in N\u00f8rlund’s archive is the records collected from his office in the party house in Dr. Tv\u00e6rgade and from Gertrud Stjernholm Nielsen and Ib N\u00f8rlund’s shared home at Bellah\u00f8j in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The archive consists of 124 archive boxes and 5 scrapbooks covering N\u00f8rlund’s life from his first written exercises from childhood in the 1920s to his death at the age of 71 in 1989. From before 1945, there is correspondence with friends and family from 1929 onwards, for example with his parents Nana and Poul N\u00f8rlund and his friends from the magazine Vi Gymnasiaster, as well as a small amount of material from the occupation period, including letters and notes from his stay in the Horser\u00f8d camp in 1942.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the material is from after the liberation of Denmark in 1945, when DKP could again operate legally, and throughout the Cold War period N\u00f8rlund had a central position in the party as a parliamentary politician 1945-1947 and 1973-1979, editor of the journals Orientering and Tiden\/Verden rundt and leading party functionary. Material from the party’s activities, such as congresses, conferences, national, central committee and executive committee meetings and representation in e.g. the People’s Movement against the EC, therefore constitute a significant part of the archive. In addition, N\u00f8rlund’s work as the party’s international secretary has left its mark on the archive in the form of extensive material from many international congresses, conferences and meetings with foreign communists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The archive also documents N\u00f8rlund’s extensive speaking and writing activities in the form of a large number of manuscripts. The many speech manuscripts, many of which consist only of keywords, are preserved with neat headings with title, date and place. The archive is restricted on general terms. You can apply for access to the material via ABA’s electronic application form. Access to use the diaries is subject to a trustee and requires a special written application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ib N\u00f8rlund archive<\/a>
Year: 1916-1989
Scope: 119 boxes and 5 volumes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The archive contains i.a:<\/p>\n\n\n\n