Gunnar Gran (11 July 1931 – 12 June 2016)Gunnar Gran er død
was a Norwegian media executive. He was born in

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as a son of Wilhelm Ernst Ramm Gran (1890–1979) and Marit Mogstad (1896–1982). He was married twice, the second time to Kari Fougner, an older sister of

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. He

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his secondary education in

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in 1950 and started philology studies. He was hired in the

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in 1952, ''

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'' in 1961 and the

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in 1967. He was a subeditor in the radio newscast ''

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'', later promoted to editor. He was the director of radio from 1981 to 1986. Norway had only one radio channel until 1984, when

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was opened. As such a new director was hired for P2, while Gran continued as director of

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only. Gran was then the chief executive officer of ''Aftenposten'' from 1986 to 1990, also chairing the employers' organization ''Avisenes Arbeidsgiverforening'' from 1987 to 1990. He was the secretary-general of the

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from 1990 to 1996 (acting until 1992), then the secretary-general of the Norway-America Association from 1996 and the

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from 1999 to 2001. He published the books ''Media in Norway'' (1999), the memoirs ''Men radioen var ikke død'' (2000) and ''Til Kjølen skilte oss. Unionsoppløsningen i svensk og norsk presse''. He resided in

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1931 births 2016 deaths People from Ålesund Norwegian journalists NRK people Norwegian media executives Norwegian memoirists {{Norway-business-bio-stub