Bergens Tidende
''Bergens Tidende'' is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo. ''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015. History and profile Founded in 1868, ''Bergens Tidende'' is based in Bergen. The newspaper is published in two sections. Section one contains op-eds, general news, sports, and weather. Section two contains culture, views, local news, and television listings. The feature magazine ''BTMagasinet'' is published on Saturdays. ''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted, which also owns ''Aftenposten'', ''Stavanger Aftenblad'', and ''Fædrelandsvennen''. At least 30% of the shares of Schibsted are owned by foreign investment banks and insurance companies, such as Goldman Sachs. The paper began to be published in tabloid format in 2006. The paper was awarded the European Newspaper of the Year in the regional newspap ...
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Vestland
Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based, but the County Governor is based in Hermansverk. The county is one of two counties in Norway that have Nynorsk as their official written language form (the others are neutral as to which form people use). Vestland was created in 2020 when the former counties of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane (with the exception of Hornindal municipality, which became part of Volda municipality in Møre og Romsdal county) were merged. History Vestland county is a newly created county, but it has been inhabited for centuries. The area was made up of many petty kingdoms under the Gulating during the Middle Ages. The northern part was the known as ''Firdafylke'' (now the Fjordane region; Nordfjord-Sunnfjord), ...
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Hans Erik Matre
Hans Erik Matre (born 14 May 1955) is a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in Ski. He was a subeditor in '' Vårt Land'' from 1980 to 1983, and chief editor from 1983 to 1989. He doubled as chief editor and chief executive of both the Norwegian News Agency from 1989 to 1994 and ''Bergens Tidende'' from 1994 to 1997, before being hired in Schibsted. From 1988 to 1997 he also chaired the Association of Norwegian Editors. In 2004 he became chief editor of Schibsted's flagship newspaper ''Aftenposten ( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million ...''. He temporarily withdrew in 2008 since he underwent cancer treatment, and in 2009 he resigned on a permanent basis. References 1955 births Living people People from Ski, Norway Norwegian newspaper editors Aftenpost ...
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Magne Gaasemyr
Magne may refer to: * Magne (given name), origin of and people with the given name * Magne (surname), origin of and people with the surname * , several ships of the Swedish Navy * Magne Charge, an inductive charging system * Magne (''My Hero Academia''), a character in the manga series ''My Hero Academia'' See also * MagneRide, a magneto rheological suspension system * ''Magne Robo Gakeen'', an anime series * Magné (other) Magné may refer to: * Magné, Deux-Sèvres, a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, France * Magné, Vienne, a commune in the Vienne department, France * Magné (surname), origin of and people with the surname See also * Magne (disambiguati ...

Einar Eriksen
Einar Eriksen (4 March 1933 – 16 January 2021Nyhetsjeger av sjeldent format
) was a Norwegian newspaper editor.

Biography

He was born in

Bergen

. He worked in '' Os- og Fanaposten'' from 1952, and was hired in ''

Bergens Tidende

'' in 1955. He was awarded the

Narvesen Prize The Narvesen Prize was a Norwegian prize fo ...
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Kjartan Rødland
Kjartan Rødland (born 29 November 1938) is a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor, and author of several books. Career Rødland was born in the village of Bolstadøyri in Voss. He started working as journalist from 1956, first in the newspaper '' Dagen'', and then in '' Raumnes'' from 1957. He worked for the Bodø newspaper ' from 1960 to 1963, for ''Helgeland Arbeiderblad'' from 1963 to 1967, for ''Fædrelandsvennen'' in Kristiansand from 1967 to 1969, and for ''Bergens Tidende'' from 1969 to 1971. From 1972 to 1977 he was appointed head of the communications department in the municipality of Bergen. He was chief editor of the newspaper ''Bergens Tidende'' from 1977 to 1986. He has written more than thirty books, mostly on regional issues. Rødland was awarded the King's Medal of Merit The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, busines ...
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Ingemund Fænn
Ingemund Fænn (18 September 1907 – 19 June 1987) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in Stryn. He worked in ''Fjordingen'' from 1928 to 1936, and was hired in ''Bergens Tidende'' in 1936. He advanced to head of its Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ... office in 1946, and was editor-in-chief from 1956 to 1977. References 1907 births 1987 deaths People from Stryn Norwegian newspaper editors 20th-century Norwegian writers Bergens Tidende editors {{Norway-writer-stub ...
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Håkon Torsvik
Haakon, also spelled Håkon (in Norway), Hakon (in Denmark), Håkan (in Sweden),Oxford Dictionary of First Names Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, Flavia Hodges - 2006 "Håkon Norwegian: from the Old Norse personal name Hákon or Háukon, from hā 'horse' or 'high' + konr 'son, descendant'; borne by Haakon VII of Norway (1872–1957), and by Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (b. 1973). SWEDISH: Håkan. DANISH: Hakon, Hagen. Halfdan From an Old Norse personal name, originally a byname for ..." or Háukon or Hákon, is an older spelling of the modern Norwegian form of the Old Norwegian masculine first name ''Hákon'' meaning "High Son" from ''há'' (high, chosen) and ''konr'' (son, descendant, kin). An old English form is Hacon as in Haconby, ''Hacon's Village''. The name appears in Scottish Gaelic as Àcainn, as seen in the place-name Kyleakin, meaning 'Haakon's Narrows', being named after King Haakon IV of Norway. Haakon or Håkon was the name of several Norwegian rulers (see Norwegian roy ...
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Vidkunn Nitter Schreiner
Vidkun or Vidkunn is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), Norwegian military officer and politician *Vidkunn Hveding (1921–2001), Norwegian politician *Vidkunn Nitter Schreiner, editor of Bergens Tidende ''Bergens Tidende'' is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo. ''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end ...

Olav Lofthus
Olav Lofthus (8 October 1847 – 10 August 1894) was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. He was born at Ullensvang, in Hordaland, Norway. He was a student at Voss in 1861-62 and took teacher training at Stord Seminar in 1866-68. Lofthus practiced as a teacher in Vik for three years and one year in Ullensvang in the period 1862-1866. Lofthus was chief editor of the newspaper ''Bergens Tidende ''Bergens Tidende'' is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo. ''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end ...'' from 1872 to 1894. His collection was published after his death. He was married to Valborg Henriette Wallem (1851–1929) and was the father of painter Arne Lofthus. References 1847 births 1894 deaths People from Ullensvang Norwegian newspaper editors Bergens Tidende editors {{Norway-bio-stub ...
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David Chrystie Habe
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David c ...
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Johan Hekleberg
Johan * Johan (given name) * ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller * Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group ** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group * Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada * Jo-Han, a manufacturer of plastic scale model kits See also * John (name) John (; ') is a common male given name in the English language of Hebrew origin. The name is the English form of ''Iohannes'' and ''Ioannes'', which are the Latin forms of the Greek name Ioannis (Ιωάννης), originally borne by Hellenized J ...