Espen Egil Hansen (born 16 October 1965) is a Norwegian newspaper editor and publisher.

Biography

Hansen was born in

Grimstad Grimstad () is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It belongs to the geographical region of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Grimstad. Some of the villages in Grimstad include Eide, Espenes, Fevik, ...

on 16 October 1965. He was assigned with the newspaper ''

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'' from 1991 to 2013. In 2013 he was appointed

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of the newspaper ''

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'', and from 2015 also

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of the newspaper. He has been board member of the Association of Norwegian Editors, board member of the International News Media Association, and chairman of the board of the online business newspaper '' E24''. He was succeeded by

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as chief editor of ''Aftenposten'' from January 2020. From 2020 to 2021 he was in charge of

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strategy for the Schibsted Media Group. From 2021 he was assigned as councillor for the Danish media company JP/Politiken Media Group.

References

1965 births Living people People from Grimstad Norwegian newspaper editors Verdens Gang people Aftenposten editors {{Norway-writer-stub