| Workers' Youth League Arbeidernes Ungdomsfylking Arbeidaranes Ungdomsfylking |
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| Chairperson | Eskil Pedersen |
| Vice-Chairperson | Åsmund Aukrust |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
| Membership | 9,640 (2010)[1] |
| Ideology | Social democracy, Democratic socialism |
| Mother party | Labour Party (Norway) |
| International affiliation | International Union of Socialist Youth |
| European affiliation | Young European Socialists |
| Website | auf.no |
The Workers' Youth League (Bokmål: Arbeidernes Ungdomsfylking, Nynorsk: Arbeidaranes Ungdomsfylking, or AUF) is Norway's biggest political youth organization and is affiliated with the Norwegian Labour Party.
AUF took its current form in April 1927, following the merger of Left Communist Youth League and Socialist Youth League of Norway corresponding with the merger of its mother parties[2], but considers the formation of the predecessor, the 1903 Norwegian Social-Democratic Youth League as the date of its founding. Its ideology is social democracy and democratic socialism.
Many former leaders of AUF have later become significant figures in Norway's political life such as Jens Stoltenberg.
Its current leader is Eskil Pedersen.
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AUF employs county secretaries in all 19 counties in Norway.
Its central office is situated at the historical seat of the Norwegian labour movement, Youngstorget in Oslo, in the Peoples' Theatre building. At the main office the elected leadership work together with different political advisors with national campaigns, organisation and political issues. It is co-located with the offices of the Oslo and Akershus county wards.
The National Congress assembles every second year, and is the supreme body of the Workers' Youth League. The Congress will also elect the party leadership, consisting of a leader, a deputy leader and a secretary general. These three together with 14 other elected members constitutes the Executive Board. On a day-to-day basis AUF is governed by the Executive Board. The highest body between the Congress is the National Delegate's Board, consisting of two representatives from each of the 19 counties and is observed by the Executive Board.
The party magazine is Praksis, with roots back to 1923.
The organization is a full member[3] of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) and the Joint Committee of the Nordic Labour Youth Movement (FNSU). AUF is also an observing member of the Young European Socialists (ECOSY).
On 22 July 2011 a camp on AUF's island (Utøya) on the Tyrifjorden lake. was the scene of a massacre carried out by a right-wing terrorist dressed up as a police officer. He shot and killed at least 69 people, most of whom were members of AUF, and wounded several others.[4]
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