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Ivar Tveit
Ivar Tveit (18 September 1880 – 1952) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He hailed from Hyllestad. He edited the newspaper ''Velgeren'' from 1907 to 1925, then from 1927 '' Sogns Avis'' in Vikøyri. In 1932 he started the newspaper ''Sogn'' in Leikanger, renamed ''Sogn og Fjordane'' in 1936. He edited the newspaper until 1947, except for a period during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ... when he had to flee to Sweden. The newspaper belonged to the Agrarian Party. Tveit was also a member of the Defence Commission of 1920. References 1880 births 1952 deaths People from Sogn og Fjordane People from Hyllestad Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian expatriates in Sweden {{Norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyllestad
Hyllestad is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Hyllestad. Other villages in the municipality include Sørbøvågen and Leirvik. Hyllestad municipality has existed since 1862 when it was created from parts of the neighboring municipalities of Askvoll and Lavik. Hyllestad is located on the north side of the Sognefjorden, near the mouth of the fjord. The municipality is the 280th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Hyllestad is the 311th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,290. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 11.7% over the previous 10-year period. In 2016, the chief of police for Vestlandet formally suggested a reconfiguration of police districts and stations. He proposed that the police station in Hyllestad be closed. In the fourth quarter of 2020, there were more than 400 emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norsk Presses Historie 1660–2010
''Norsk presses historie 1660–2010'' is a four-volume work about the press media history of Norway. It was published in April 2010 by Universitetsforlaget, and was the first book of its kind in Norway. Structure and production Hans Fredrik Dahl was the superior editor of all four volumes. The first volume, ''En samfunnsmakt blir til. 1660–1880'' was edited by Martin Eide. The second volume, ''Presse, parti og publikum. 1880–1945'' was edited by Rune Ottosen. The third volume, ''Imperiet vakler. 1945–2010'' was edited by Guri Hjeltnes. The fourth volume, ''Norske aviser fra A til Å'' was edited by Idar Flo. While the first three volumes are written in regular prose, the fourth volume is more of an encyclopedia with about 400 "newspaper biographies". Composed of 1925 pages across all volumes, the entire work cost and was finished after eleven years. Thirty people have provided a substantial amount of writing, while some 130 writers contributed with "newspaper biographies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velgeren
''Velgeren'' ("The Voter") was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Gjøvik in Oppland county. It started on 2 September 1904 under the name ''Vælgeren'', and was affiliated with the Radical People's Party (Norway), United Norwegian Workers' Association (''De forenede norske Arbeidersamfund''; in 1911 renamed as Labour Democrats) who had lost their organ ''Oplændingen''. Editor-in-chief was Hans Volckmar from 1904 to 1907, then Ivar Tveit. From 1920 the newspaper supported both the Labour Democrats and the Liberal Party (Norway), Liberal Party. The two parties cooperated closely on the political level as well. The newspaper modernized its name to ''Velgeren'' in 1925. Ivar Tveit left as editor in 1925, when the newspaper was essentially bankrupt; Aksel Hoel took over as editor from 1925 to 1936. Alf Rønning was editor from 1936 to 1940, Ludvig Thorsen from 1940 to 1942. Both Rønning and Thorsen were fired during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, because they had been host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sogns Avis
''Sogn Avis'' is a Norwegian newspaper, published in Leikanger in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county. It was named ''Sogns Avis'' from 1926 to 1972 and ''Sogningen/Sogns Avis'' from 1972 to 1993. It started on 21 August 1926 in Vikøyri, a small settlement that had lost the newspaper '' Sogningen'' in 1925. Its first editor was Thormod Liljedahl. After less than a year it was bought by bookprinter Ingvald Husabø, who was acting editor in 1927. Then, as new editor Ivar Tveit was hired, and from August 1927 ''Sogns Avis'' was the organ for the Norwegian Agrarian Association and the Agrarian Party in the region Sogn. It was stopped in 1941 during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, but resumed from 3 July 1945. In 1947 it was moved from Vikøyri to Sogndal, a regional centre that had lost its newspaper ''Sogns Tidende''. ''Sogns Avis'' was put on hold from November 1945 to 21 August 1959, when Ingvald Husabø became personally involved as acting editor again. Husabø mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikøyri
Vikøyri is the administrative center of the municipality of Vik in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the mouth of the Vikja river on the south shore of the Sognefjorden, roughly near the midpoint of Norway's longest fjord. The village lies along Norwegian National Road 13 which leads north to the ferry to Balestrand and south to the village of Vossevangen. The village has a population (2019) of 1,245 and a population density of . Vikøyri sits about south of the village of Balestrand (across the fjord), about northeast of the village of Arnafjord. To the north and west of Vikøyri lie the villages of Vangsnes, Feios, and Fresvik. Vikøyri is northwest of the Fresvikbreen glacier and about northeast of the big lake Holskardvatnet. Vikøyri is the site of one of the Tine cheese factories. It is the only factory in the world that produces gammelost, a unique Norwegian cheese. The village also has the only prison in Sogn og Fjordane. There are also tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leikanger
Leikanger () is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center was the village of Hermansverk, which also was the administrative center of the old Sogn og Fjordane county. The Leikanger/Hermansverk urban area had 2,144 inhabitants (2019), about 90% of the municipal population. This urban area is often called Systrond, which is why a person from Leikanger is often called ''Systrending''. The municipality is the 342nd largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Leikanger is the 302nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,331. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 8.1% over the last decade. General information Leikanger was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). The original municipality was large and it was identical to the old Lei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sogn Og Fjordane (newspaper)
''Sogn og Fjordane'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Leikanger in Sogn og Fjordane county. It was named ''Sogn'' from 1932 to 1936. It started in Leikanger in 1932 by Ivar Tveit under the name ''Sogn''. After trial issues, the first ordinary issue came on 6 January 1933, and except for a period from August 1933 to May 1934 the newspaper was up and running. From 24 April 1936 the name was ''Sogn og Fjordane''. Ivar Tveit had previously edited Liberal and Agrarian newspapers, but ''Sogn og Fjordane'' was a more politically independent venture. In 1936 Einar Svartefoss was hired as a journalist in 1936, and during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Tveit and Svartefoss shared responsibility. Although both took part in the Norwegian resistance movement, the newspaper survived during the Second World War. In 1947 it incorporated ''Sogns Tidende ''Sogns Tidend'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane county. It was named ''Sogns Tidende'' from 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occupation Of Norway By Nazi Germany
The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the capitulation of German forces in Europe on 8 May 1945. Throughout this period, a pro-German government named Den nasjonale regjering (English: the National Government) ruled Norway, while the Norwegian king Haakon VII and the prewar government escaped to London, where they formed a government in exile. Civil rule was effectively assumed by the ''Reichskommissariat Norwegen'' (Reich Commissariat of Norway), which acted in collaboration with the pro-German puppet government. This period of military occupation is, in Norway, referred to as the "war years", "occupation period" or simply "the war". Background Having maintained its neutrality during the First World War (1914–1918), Norwegian foreign and military policy since 1933 was largely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre Party (Norway)
The Centre Party ( no, Senterpartiet, Sp; se, Guovddášbellodat), formerly the Farmer's Party ( no, Bondepartiet, Bp), is an Agrarianism, agrarian List of political parties in Norway, political party in Norway. Ideologically, the Centre Party is positioned in the Centrism, centre on the political spectrum, it advocates for economic nationalism, economic nationalist and Protectionism, protectionist policy to protect Norwegian farmers with toll tariffs, and it supports decentralisation. It was founded in 1920 as the Farmers' Party ( no, link=no, Bondepartiet, Bp) and from its founding until 2000, the Centre Party joined only governments not led by the Labour Party (Norway), Labour Party, although it had previously supported a Nygaardsvold's Cabinet, Labour government in the 1930s. This turned around in 2005, when the party joined the Red–green coalition (Norway), red–green coalition government led by the Labour Party. Governments headed by prime ministers from the party inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defence Commission Of 1920
Defense or defence may refer to: Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups * Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare * Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks * Defense industry, industry which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology * Self-defense, the use of force to defend oneself * Haganah (Hebrew for "The Defence"), a paramilitary organization in British Palestine * National security, security of a nation state, its citizens, economy, and institutions, as a duty of government ** Defence diplomacy, pursuit of foreign policy objectives through the peaceful employment of defence resources ** Ministry of defence or department of defense, a part of government which regulates the armed forces ** Defence minister, a cabinet position in charge of a ministry of defense * International security, measures taken by states and international organizations to ensure mutual survival and safety Sports * Defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
