Egil Remi Jensen (born 6 November 1929) is a Norwegian retired newspaper editor.

Life and career

Egil Remi Jensen was born in

Vennesla Vennesla is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vennesla. Other villages in Vennesla include Grovane, Hægeland, Homst ...

on 6 November 1929. He was hired as a subeditor in the newspaper ''

Fædrelandsvennen ''Fædrelandsvennen'' is a regional newspaper based in Kristiansand, Norway. It covers the southernmost part of the country, ( Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder), focusing especially on the area between Mandal and Lillesand (west and east of Kristians ...

'' in 1957, and was the chief editor there from 1979 to 1995. He chaired the

Norwegian Press Association The Norwegian Press Association ( no, Norsk Presseforbund, NP) is Norwegian association established in 1910, for press people with journalism as their main profession. Among its members are the Norwegian Union of Journalists, the Association of Nor ...

from 1987 to 1989. He has also been a board member of the newspaper ''

Agder Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south ...

''.

References

1929 births Living people Norwegian newspaper editors People from Vest-Agder People from Vennesla {{Norway-writer-stub