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Arne Johannes Myrdal (2 November 1935 – 8 August 2007) was a Norwegian local politician and later anti-immigration activist. He had a varied working career, including as a low-ranking military officer and unsuccessful businessman.〔 He was active in local politics for the Labour Party in the 1960s, until he broke out and founded the local Øyestad Free Labour Party (''Øyestad frie Arbeiderparti''). In 1981, he came in the public spotlight for having co-written a highly controversial local history book for Øyestad. Myrdal was one of the founders of the anti-immigration organisation ''Folkebevegelsen mot innvandring'' (FMI) in 1987, and went on to become well known for his activism and violent clashes in the late 1980s to early 1990s, initially as the leader of the organisation. In 1990, he was convicted to one year in prison for allegedly having planned to bomb an asylum centre.〔 He broke out of the FMI in 1991 to form his own more militant organisation, ''Norge mot innvandring'' (NMI).〔Bjørgo, 1997, pp. 58–59.〕 Myrdal retired from political activity in the mid-1990s due to failing health.〔 He died in 2007 following long-term illness. ==Early life== Myrdal was educated in trade school and Officer Candidate School for the infantry. His working career varied between writing local history books about Øyestad, working as an unskilled worker on the oil facilities Gullfaks B and C, Mongstad and Rafnes. He also ran a business as a scrap dealer, worked in ''Televerket'', ran a car dealership in Arendal and fared at sea. In the 1960s, Myrdal was a local politician in Øyestad for the Labour Party. He however withdrew from the party as he could not enlist whoever he wanted to the party, and instead founded the Øyestad Free Labour Party (''Øyestad frie Arbeiderparti'') for the 1967 local elections. His new party became represented in the municipal council, and Myrdal himself was a local councillor for eight years.〔 As Myrdal did not get municipal backing for writing a local history book () for Øyestad in the late 1970s, he decided to write and self-publish one anyway. The book was published in 1981 and became a best-seller, but received widespread criticism because Myrdal had filled it with possibly libelous private content. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arne Myrdal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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