• Comment: Sources are not reliable and don’t establish notablity. It needs in-depth covarage from multiple independent reliable sources to establish notablity. Grabup (talk) 14:44, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Can Halvari instead be mentioned in the article Båtsfjord, where the politics of that municipality is outlined? Geschichte (talk) 06:47, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Alfred Halvari
21th Mayor of Båtsfjord
In office
1935–1945
Preceded byThorleif Schirmer
Succeeded byJohan Mikalsen
Personal details
Born30 July 1890
Died6 September 1966
Political partyCommunist Party of Norway

Alfred Johan Olufsen Halvari (30 July 1890 – 6 September 1966)[1] was a Norwegian fisherman and communist politician who was mayor of Båtsfjord from 1935 to 1945.

Biography

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Alfred Halvari was born in Sør-Varanger to the fisherman Olof Halvari and Grethe Halvari (née Luusua), who had emigrated from Finnish Lapland to Norway.[2]

During the 1930s, Halvari was a leading figure[clarification needed] in Communist Party of Norway and served as chairman in Båtsfjord from 1935 to 1945.

Early in the fall of 1940, Halvari made the decision to escape from the German occupiers and took his family with him and went over to the Rybachy Peninsula and the Soviet Union.

In January 1961, when two police officers arrived at his home with an order to accompany him to the police chamber[clarification needed]. Halvari, then aged 71, faced accusations of being a Soviet spy and leader of an agent network in Eastern Finnmark. After being confronted with the serious allegations, Halvari expressed his willingness to cooperate with the authorities. This event marked the beginning of an investigation that would shed light[how?] on Halvari's past activities[which?] and his alleged connections to the Soviet Union.

References

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  1. ^ "Alfred Johan Olufsen Halvari". geni_family_tree. 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  2. ^ "001 Oluf Eriksen Halvari - 0010 Indre Kiberg - 001 - Tellingskretsoversikt - Folketelling 1900 for 2028 Vardø herred - Digitalarkivet". www.digitalarkivet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-05-11.