--- title: '"Ned med militarismen - Leve socialismen" propaganda stamp (Norway, 1914)' url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/norway-down-with-militarism-stamp-1914/ description: A red adhesive label in stamp form, with a broken rifle inside an oval and the paired slogans "Ned med militarismen" (Down with militarism) and "Leve… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) [!["Ned med militarismen - Leve socialismen" propaganda stamp (Norway, 1914)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/norway-down-with-militarism-stamp-1914.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/norway-down-with-militarism-stamp-1914.jpg) # "Ned med militarismen - Leve socialismen" propaganda stamp (Norway, 1914) A red adhesive label in stamp form, with a broken rifle inside an oval and the paired slogans "Ned med militarismen" (Down with militarism) and "Leve socialismen" (Long live socialism) around a repeated "5". The slogans are unqualified virtue and vice words, and the postage-stamp format lets the message ride on ordinary letters. - **Date:** March 1914 - **Period:** [Pre-1914](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#era=pre-1914) - **Made by:** Norges Socialdemokratiske Ungdomsforbund (Norwegian Social Democratic Youth League) - **Region:** [Western and Central Europe](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#region=western-central-europe) - **Country:** [Norway](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#country=norway) - **Medium:** [Stamp](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#medium=stamp) - **Issuer type:** [Party](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#actor=party) - **Regime:** [Knudsen Government](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#regime=knudsen-government) - **Leader:** [Gunnar Knudsen](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#leader=gunnar-knudsen) - **Audience:** [Domestic public](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#audience=domestic-public) - **Purpose:** [Persuade or win support](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#purpose=persuade-support) - **Themes:** [War and the military](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=war-military), [Elections and party politics](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=elections-party-politics) - **Techniques:** [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) - **Source:** Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are - **Source:** [Wikimedia Commons (Bergen Public Library / Flickr)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brevmerke_frimerke_Ned_med_militarismen_Leve_socialismen_Brukne_gev%C3%A6r_Norges_Socialdemokratiske_Ungdomsforbund_mars_1914_opplag_200000_forbudt_for_Postverket_Postage_stamp_Down_with_militarism_Long_live_socialism_Broken_rifle.jpg), retrieved September 29, 2026 - **Rights:** CC BY 2.0 (photograph, Commons); stamp issued 1914, public domain Photograph: Øklands trykksaker / Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek (Bergen Public Library), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. ## Text on the object Original (Norwegian) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` NED MED MILITARISMEN 5 5 5 LEVE SOCIALISMEN ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` DOWN WITH MILITARISM 5 5 5 LONG LIVE SOCIALISM ``` The numeral 5 appears three times (denomination) inside the design; the label is a non-postal cinderella stamp. 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