Håkon Hoff (15 May 1898 – 4 July 1976)''Arbeiderbladet'', 14 May 1948."Håkon Hoff er død". ''Arbeiderbladet'', 7 July 1976. was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Orkanger as a son of a builder. He joined the Labour Party in 1913, chaired the local branch of Norges Socialdemokratiske Ungdomsforbund and was a board member of the regional Labour Party branch from 1919 to 1921. He worked as a laborer until 1923, first at a sawmill, then as a carpenter. He was also a member of the Orkanger school board in 1923, before moving away from the district. In 1924 he was hired as a journalist in '' Arbeiderbladet''. He edited the newspapers ''

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'' from 1925 to 1931; ''

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'' from 1931 to 1935; ''

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'' from 1935 to 1941; and ''

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'' (renamed ''Vestfold'') from 1950 to 1968, where he succeeded Sverre Hjertholm. He chaired Vest-Agder Labour Party in 1929 and was a board member of the Kristiansand Labour Party from 1928 to 1931. Hoff participated in the

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of 1924 by agitating for it through ''Arbeiderbladet,'' and for which he was sentenced to 75 days in prison. In 1961 he was fined for

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, and two articles in his newspaper ''Vestfold Arbeiderblad'' were declared null and void. He died in July 1976 and was buried at Vestre gravlund.

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1898 births 1976 deaths People from Orkdal Norwegian newspaper editors Sør-Trøndelag politicians Politicians from Kristiansand Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Norway Burials at Vestre gravlund {{Norway-writer-stub