Einar Diesen (4 October 1897 – 8 May 1994) was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. Søren Einar Gjerding Diesen was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

, Norway. He was the son of Thorstein Diesen, who was editor of the newspaper ''

Aftenposten ( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million ...

'' from 1908 to his death in 1925. He attended a boarding school in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

before graduating in 1916. He next held an apprenticeship as a journalist at '' Stavanger Aftenblad''. Diesen was a journalist for ''Aftenposten'' from 1921. In 1924 he became the foreign correspondent of ''Aftenposten'' in Paris and covered the

1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France ...

in Chamonix. Following the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Diesen came to

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

in the spring of 1942 and was attached to the Government Information Office. From November 1942 to 1945 he worked for the Norwegian government-in-exile in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. He served as editor-in-chief for ''Aftenposten'' from 1948 to 1968. He was chairman of the Norwegian Editorial Society 1956–66, and chairman of the Norwegian Press Association's professional committee 1957–72. Diesen was also an avid tennis player and served as president of the Norwegian Tennis Federation from 1933 to 1948.

Selected works

*''Kabalboken'' (1941) *''Fra petit til leder'' (1968) *''Heksenes hus'' (1979)

References

1897 births 1994 deaths Journalists from Bergen Norwegian expatriates in England Norwegian newspaper editors 20th-century Norwegian writers Norwegian sports executives and administrators Norwegian people of World War II Aftenposten editors Chairs of the Association of Norwegian Editors {{Norway-journalist-stub