Johan Edvard Holand (22 October 1919 – 21 December 2009)Johan Edvard Holand (1919-2009) - Genealogy
/ref> was a Norwegian journalist and politician. He was born in

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

to the print shop owner Johan Wesley Holand and his wife Johanne Marie Pedersen. He enrolled as a student in 1939, and studied German, Norwegian and history.Steenstrup, Bjørn (ed.
"Holand, Johan"
''Hvem er hvem?''. Oslo: Aschehoug, 1973, pp. 246–47, accessed 27 June 2011. . He worked as a journalist in '' Stavangeren'' from 1945 to 1948, and in '' Morgenbladet'' from 1948 to 1950. Holand was a member of the national board of the Norwegian Young Conservatives from 1949 to 1951. He chaired

Larvik Larvik () is a List of cities in Norway, town and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. The municipality ...

Conservative Party from 1953 to 1955 and Skien Conservative Party from 1963 to 1966. Between 1958 and 1962, Holand was a member of the national board of the

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. He was also a board member of the

Conservative Press Association The Conservative Press Association ( no, Den Konservative Presses Forening; shortened DKPF) was a Norwegian media institution whose stated objective was the furtherance of conservative daily newspapers. Amongst its members were editors, journalists ...

, and its chairman until he was succeeded by Johan A. Iversen.Holand, Johan E. "Den Konservative Presses Forening gjennom 100 år", in: Holand, Johan E.; Larssen, Svein Døvle; Julsrud, Ottar. ''Presse med mening: Den Konservative Presses Forening 1892–1992'', Oslo: Conservative Press Association, 1992, p. 105. .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holand, Johan 1919 births 2009 deaths Politicians from Stavanger Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Vestfold politicians Politicians from Telemark 20th-century Norwegian journalists