Torolv Solheim

Torolv Solheim
Born
Torolv Magneson Solheim

(1907-11-07)7 November 1907
Radøy, Norway
Died23 May 1995(1995-05-23) (aged 87)
Norway
EducationUniversity of Oslo (economics, 1933)
Actuarial examination (1939)
OccupationsEducator, author, politician, magazine editor
Years active1932–1995
Known forEditor of Fossegrimen magazine
Chairman of Socialist People's Party
World War II resistance member
Movement
SpouseRønnaug Eliassen (m. 1940)
ChildrenJorun Solheim
Parent(s)Magne Solheim
Georgine Husebø
Chairman of the Socialist People's Party
In office
1969–1971
Preceded byKnut Løfsnes
Succeeded byFinn Gustavsen

Torolv Solheim (7 November 1907 – 23 May 1995) was a Norwegian lecturer, historian, author, social economist and politician. Originally a member of the Communist Party of Norway, he later joined the Norwegian Labour Party and was amongst the founders of the Socialist People's Party in 1961, serving as its chairman from 1969 to 1971. He subsequently became a member of the Socialist Left Party. From 1954 to 1968, he edited the influential cultural and political magazine Fossegrimen, which became a significant platform for left-wing intellectual discourse in post-war Norway.