Anders Giæver (born 27 August 1961) is a Norwegian journalist and author who has been a commentator in '' Verdens Gang'' since 2000. Since 2004, he also leads the editorial section of the newspaper. In the period 2008–2011, he was the newspaper's correspondent in New York. Before joining VG, he was arts and culture editor in ''Dagsavisen'' and he has also worked in '' Dagbladet'' and '' Aftenposten''. His background is in music journalism. Giæver was central in the coverage of

Anders Behring Breivik Fjotolf Hansen (born 13 February 1979), better known by his birth name Anders Behring Breivik () and by his pseudonym Andrew Berwick, is a Norwegian far-right domestic terrorist, known for committing the 2011 Norway attacks on 22 July 2011. On ...

after the

2011 Norway attacks The 2011 Norway attacks, referred to in Norway as 22 July ( no, 22. juli) or as 22/7, were two domestic terrorist attacks by neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik against the government, the civilian population, and a Workers' Youth League (AUF) ...

. He was critic of the first psychiatric evaluation which found that Breivik had paranoid schizophrenia. In 2015, Giæver described how anonymous complaints against employees may curtail freedom of speech. Hanne Tolg, an employee of the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service, decided to quit her job rather than facing what Giæver claimed to be a " Kafkaesque" process to defend herself against anonymous complaints, due to her writings in the

far-right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...

website

Document.no Document.no is a Norwegian far-right anti-immigration website. Academics have identified Document.no as an Islamophobic website permeated by the Eurabia conspiracy theory. The website received global media attention in connection with the 2011 N ...

.Jez Hemming
North Wales fire service employee quits amid investigation into alleged posts on far-right website
Daily Post Aug 25., downloaded Jan 2, 2017 Giæver has published a book on Walt Disney,Maria Børja (29 October 2001
Disney-jeger på nettet
''Dagbladet'' two about newspaper cartoons in Norway and participated in a book about Jokke & Valentinerne.

Publications

* ''Jakten på onkel Walt'' (2001) * Sladder. Bedre enn sitt rykte (2004) * ''Gutta - på veien med Jokke & Valentinerne'' (with others) (2005) * ''Over streken - Avistegninger i grenseland'' (editor) (2006) * ''Øyenvitne'' (2013)

References

1961 births Living people Norwegian newspaper journalists Norwegian newspaper reporters and correspondents Verdens Gang people Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian expatriates in the United States {{Norway-writer-stub