John Olav Egeland (born 2 November 1951) is a Norwegian journalist and editor.
He was born in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
as a son of writer
Erik Egeland and grandson of
John Oscar Egeland.
He was a journalist in ''
Orientering
''Orientering'' was a Norwegian newspaper which was initially published in December 1952 as an alternative voice. It was absorbed into ''Ny Tid'' in 1975.
There were many reasons for establishing the newspaper, but the most important was perhaps ...
'' from 1973 to 1975,
[ and was the chief editor of '' Universitas'', student newspaper at the ]University of Oslo
The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...
, from 1977 to 1978. In 1978 he was hired as a journalist in ''Dagbladet
''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newsp ...
''. In 1981 he received the Narvesen Prize
The Narvesen Prize was a Norwegian prize for those who excelled in journalism. It was established in 1954 by the company Narvesen, but the Norwegian Press Association was behind the selection of winners. It was discontinued in 1990.
List of winne ...
for journalism. He still works in ''Dagbladet'', and was political editor from 1995 to 2000 and chief editor from 2000 to 2003.[
He grew up and resided in ]Bærum
Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...
, and wrote a column for the local newspaper ''Budstikka
''Budstikka'' (The Bidding Stick), prior to 2004 known as ''Asker og Bærum Budstikke'', is a daily local newspaper published out of Billingstad in Asker, Norway. It covers the municipalities of Asker and Bærum, and is the only newspaper issued ...
'' until moving to Frogner
Frogner is a residential and retail borough in the West End of Oslo, Norway, with a population of 59,269 as of 2020. In addition to the original Frogner, the borough incorporates Bygdøy, Uranienborg and Majorstuen. The borough is named after ...
in 2011.
References
1951 births
Living people
Norwegian newspaper editors
Dagbladet people
Writers from Bærum
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