Hans Julius Riddervold (20 May 1901 – 1986) was a Norwegian media executive.
He was born in
Kristiania
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as a son of attorney Hans Riddervold (1869–1928) and Sophie Magdalena Haneborg.
He was a paternal great-grandson of politician
Hans Riddervold,
and his father was a first cousin of
Nils Riddervold Jensen
Nils Riddervold Jensen (22 March 1863 – 8 January 1938) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Conservative Party.
He was born in Kristiania as a son of dean Peter Andreas Jensen (1812–1867) and Mette Marie Riddervold (1827–1895 ...
. In 1925 he married Cathrine Huitfeldt, a sister of
Henrik Jørgen Schibsted Huitfeldt.
[ They had the son Hans Huitfeldt Riddervold.][
He took his examen artium in 1920, and also graduated from Kristiania Commerce School in 1922. He worked in the company Stormbull from 1924, and then started in the family-owned newspaper '']Aftenposten
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''. He advanced to office manager in 1930, then manager from 1939. He also served a few years as chief executive officer. He was a board member from 1935, and after retiring in 1970 he was the board's chairman from 1970 to 1976.[ When this organization merged in 1947 to form ''Norske Avisutgiveres Landsforbund'', Riddervold was a board member from 1949 to 1967, chairing the organization from 1954 to 1957. He was also deputy chairman of the ]Norwegian News Agency
The Norwegian News Agency ( no, Norsk Telegrambyrå; abbreviated NTB) is a Norwegian press agency and wire service that serves most of the largest Norwegian media outlets. The agency is located in Oslo and has bureaus in Brussels in Belgium and T ...
from 1967 and chairman from 1971 to 1972. Outside of the media, he was a board member of Hofsfos Træsliperi og Papirfabrik from 1939.[
During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Riddervold was imprisoned in Grini concentration camp from 17 January to 29 July 1942. ''Aftenposten'' editor ]Johannes Nesse
Johannes Jeremias Nesse (26 September 1891 – 1 June 1948), often abbreviated in Norwegian as ''Johs. Nesse'', was a Norwegian newspaper editor.
He became an editor in ''Aftenposten'' in 1928, and was promoted to editor-in-chief in 1930. In 1941 ...
had been imprisoned in September 1941. Henrik Jørgen Schibsted Huitfeldt, subeditor in ''Aftenposten'' at the time, was imprisoned from January to December 1942.[Ottosen, 2004: p. 325] Riddervold died in 1986.[
]
References
1901 births
1986 deaths
Mass media people from Oslo
Norwegian media executives
Grini concentration camp survivors
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