# Pål Steigan

> Pål Steigan is a Norwegian writer and politician, best known as founder of the newspaper Klassekampen and the website Steigan.no. He was leader of the Maoist Workers' Communist Party, AKP (m-l) from 1975 to 1984, and co-leader of the Red Electoral Alliance (RV) until 1979. Both parties were small fringe parties that were never represented in parliament during his tenure. He co-founded Klassekampen as a monthly periodical in 1969, and during his leadership AKP developed the periodical into a newspaper in 1977. He later founded the alternative news website Steigan.no that is described by mainstream Norwegian media as a platform of Russian propaganda, conspiracy theories, racism and transphobia.

*Norwegian politician*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Norway
- **Born:** 1949
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Pål Steigan is a Norwegian writer and politician, best known as founder of the newspaper Klassekampen and the website Steigan.no. He was leader of the Maoist Workers' Communist Party, AKP (m-l) from 1975 to 1984, and co-leader of the Red Electoral Alliance (RV) until 1979. Both parties were small fringe parties that were never represented in parliament during his tenure. He co-founded Klassekampen as a monthly periodical in 1969, and during his leadership AKP developed the periodical into a newspaper in 1977. He later founded the alternative news website Steigan.no that is described by mainstream Norwegian media as a platform of Russian propaganda, conspiracy theories, racism and transphobia.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 39.0

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: https://steigan.no

## Sources
- [Pål Steigan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A5l_Steigan)
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- [Pål Steigan](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A5l_Steigan)
- [پول ستيجان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Pål Steigan](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A5l_Steigan)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1780651)

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