But its popularity soon reached the lower classes of society and the growing number of young men in the working class. In the early days football was a sport played among the upper classes of society. The first football club in Norway, Kristiania Football Club, was established in 1885. But on the football field many from the working class felt excluded. In 1915 working conditions were improved with implementation of the 10-hour working day and in 1919 the 8-hour working day. In 1898 all men above the age of 25 were given voting rights, in 1913 voting rights for women followed. To gain rights, the working class organized itself into the labour movement, creating their own political party in 1887 to fight for political rights, and a labour union in 1899. A working class, in the beginning without political and social rights, emerged. Norway could serve as an example of the countries that underwent a rapid change following industrialization during the second half of the 19 th century.
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