"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
- Made by
- Norges Socialdemokratiske Ungdomsforbund (Norwegian Social Democratic Youth League)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- Norway
- Medium
- Stamp
- Issuer type
- Party
- Regime
- Knudsen Government
- Leader
- Gunnar Knudsen
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Elections and party politics
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (Bergen Public Library / Flickr), 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
NED MED MILITARISMEN 5 5 5 LEVE SOCIALISMEN
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.
