Ingvald Bernhoft Jacobsen (15 April 1891 – 1 February 1945) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

newspaper editor. He was born in

Alstahaug Alstahaug is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandnessjøen. Som ...

, and in his early career he worked as a fisher and seaman, then a

typographer Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing ( leading), an ...

. He edited the newspaper ''

Rjukan Rjukan () is a town and the administrative centre of Tinn municipality in Telemark, Norway. It is situated in Vestfjorddalen, between Møsvatn and Lake Tinn, and got its name after Rjukan Falls west of the town. The Tinn municipality council grant ...

'', but was fired in 1912 for political reasons. He was first active in a trade union and the Norges Socialdemokratiske Ungdomsforbund before joining the

Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party ( nb, Arbeiderpartiet; nn, Arbeidarpartiet; A/Ap; se, Bargiidbellodat), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party ( no, Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA), is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centr ...

in 1914. He was hired as subeditor of the party's newspaper '' Sørlandets Socialdemokrat'' in 1915, and was promoted to editor of ''

Tidens Krav ''Tidens Krav'' (''TK'') English: ''The Time's Demands'' is a local newspaper published in Kristiansund, Norway. It was founded in 1906, is published Tuesday through Saturday, and reports news from Nordmøre. The newspaper owned the local televis ...

'' in 1918 and '' Tiden'' in 1921. In 1923 there was mounting differences between two wings in the Labour Party, and Jacobsen was deemed too Moscow-friendly by the party members who controlled ''Tiden''. He was fired from the editor position in ''Tiden'' in anticipation of a party split, and that way it was prevented that ''Tiden'' fell into control of the Moscow-friendly wing. When the Moscow-friendly

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

was established later in 1923, Jacobsen joined them. He was hired in the communist newspaper ''

Ny Tid ''Ny Tid'' (English: ''Modern Times Review'') is Norway's largest international quarterly review of non-fiction books – up to 50 in each issue. It is currently owned by Ny Tid & Orientering AS. ''Ny Tid'' is headed by the newspaper founder Tr ...

'' in 1924, and was a board member of the Communist Party in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

. He stayed in ''Ny Tid'' until 1936, except for a period as acting editor of '' Arbeideren og Gudbrandsdalens Arbeiderblad'' in 1927. He afterwards returned to the Labour Party and its newspaper in Trondheim, ''

Arbeider-Avisen ''Arbeider-Avisa'' (founded as ''Arbeider-Avisen'', from 1946 ''Arbeider-Avisa'', from 1993 ''Avisa Trondheim'') was a daily newspaper published in Trondheim, Norway, started in 1924 and defunct in 1996. Until 1989 it was officially the newspap ...

'', where he worked for one year. He edited ''Tiden'' again from 1937 to 1938 before returning to ''Arbeider-Avisen''. During the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...

he was arrested by the Nazi authorities in March 1942. He was first imprisoned in

Falstad concentration camp '', '' no, Falstad fangeleir'', construction=1895-1910 Falstad concentration camp (Norwegian: ''Falstad fangeleir'', German: ''SS-Strafgefangenenlager Falstad'') was situated in the village of Ekne in what was the municipality of Skogn (now in the ...

, then shipped to

Sachsenhausen concentration camp Sachsenhausen () or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year. It mainly held political prisoners ...

in December 1943. In December 1944 he was transferred to

Dora concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora (also Dora-Mittelbau and Nordhausen-Dora) was a Nazi concentration camp located near Nordhausen in Thuringia, Germany. It was established in late summer 1943 as a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp, supplying slave labour ...

, where he died in February 1945. He was married and had two children.

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