Arne Olsen Tovik (1956 – 9 June 2009) was a Norwegian journalist. He was active in the Workers' Youth League in his younger days. He worked for the Labour Party from 1984, and was a campaign secretary for the Norwegian elections of 1987. In 1987 he was hired as a journalist in ''

Telemark Arbeiderblad ''Telemarksavisa'' is a Norwegian newspaper, published in Skien in Telemark county. ''Telemark Arbeiderblad'' was started on 1 October 1921 as a reaction to the perceived moderate stance of Skien's labour newspaper ''Bratsberg Demokraten''. Howe ...

'' (from 1994 ''Telemarksavisa''). He was promoted to editor-in-chief in 1990. Among others, he oversaw its transition to the

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format. From 1993 he worked for the

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, and in 2004 he was hired as political editor for the ''Telemarksavisa'' competitor '' Varden''. He has also worked in ''

Porsgrunns Dagblad ''Porsgrunns Dagblad'' is a Norwegian newspaper, published in Porsgrunn in Telemark county, Norway. History and profile ''Porsgrunds Dagblad'' was started on 1 December 1914, and later modernized its name. The first editor Daniel H. Grini was a ...

''. He died in June 2009. The editors-in-chief of both ''Telemarksavisa'' and ''Varden'' described Tovik as one of the most prominent press people in Telemark.

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1956 births 2009 deaths Norwegian newspaper editors Labour Party (Norway) politicians People from Telemark {{Norway-writer-stub