Einar Eriksen (4 March 1933 – 16 January 2021Nyhetsjeger av sjeldent format
) was a Norwegian newspaper editor.

Biography

He 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 ...

. He worked in '' Os- og Fanaposten'' from 1952, and was hired in ''

Bergens Tidende ''Bergens Tidende'' is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo. ''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end ...

'' in 1955. He was awarded the

Narvesen Prize The Narvesen Prize was a Norwegian prize for those who excelled in journalism. It was established in 1954 by the company Narvesen, but the Norwegian Press Association was behind the selection of winners. It was discontinued in 1990. List of winne ...

in 1964. He advanced to subeditor in 1978 and news editor in 1981, and was editor-in-chief from 1986 to 1991.

References

1933 births 2021 deaths Journalists from Bergen Norwegian newspaper editors Bergens Tidende editors {{Norway-writer-stub