Andreas Haavoll (25 September 1869 – 6 March 1958) was a Norwegian schoolteacher, banker, publisher, newspaper editor and magazine editor. Haavoll was born in Ørsta. He was a teacher by education, and worked as schoolteacher and banker for about twenty years. He was assigned with various newspapers, and founded the newspaper ''Nordmør'' in 1903. He was a co-founder of

Det Norske Teatret Det Norske Teatret ( en, Norwegian Theater)Moe, Jens. 2011. ''My America: The Culture of Giving''. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, p. 133. is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabl� ...

in 1912, and edited the newspaper ''

Den 17de Mai ''Den 17de Mai'' is a former Norwegian newspaper, issued in Oslo from 1894 to 1935. History and profile The founder and first editor-in-chief of ''Den 17de Mai'' was Rasmus Steinsvik, who edited the newspaper until his death in 1913. Arne Garbor ...

'' from 1913 to 1917. He published the children's magazine ''

Norsk Barneblad ''Norsk Barneblad'' (Norwegian: ''the Norwegian Children’s Magazine'') is a Norwegian children's magazine, issued monthly in Nynorsk. It was founded by Kristen Stalleland in 1887, under the name ''Sysvorti'', was renamed to ''Norskt Barneblad' ...

'' from 1912, and edited the magazine from 1916 to 1954. Haavoll was honorary member of the organizations Norsk Bladmannalag,

Det Norske Samlaget Det Norske Samlaget is a Norwegian publishing house founded on 24 March 1868 with the aim to promote and publish books in Landsmål, now known as Nynorsk. ''Det Norske Samlaget'' is now divided into two institutions: a literature organization, ''L ...

and Noregs Mållag. He was awarded the

Melsom Prize The Melsom Prize () is a Norwegian literary award. It is given annually to a writer or translator who writes in Nynorsk, for a work published during the preceding year. The prize was established in 1922 by the shipowner Ferdinand Melsom. The prize s ...

in 1939.

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1869 births 1958 deaths People from Ørsta Norwegian publishers (people) Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian magazine editors Nynorsk-language writers Norwegian schoolteachers {{norway-writer-stub