Jostein Nyhamar (23 September 1922 – 30 July 1993) was a Norwegian magazine editor, biographer and politician for the Labour Party. Jostein Nyhamar was born in

Nedre Eiker Nedre Eiker was a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Buskerud Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Eiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mjøndal ...

. He edited the weekly magazine ''

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'' from 1959 to 1974, and '' Forbrukerrapporten'' from 1974 to 1986. He has written a biography of

Einar Gerhardsen Einar Henry Gerhardsen (; 10 May 1897 – 19 September 1987) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was the 22nd prime minister of Norway for three periods, 1945–1951, 1955–1963 and 1963–1965. With totally 17 years i ...

as well as volume six of the series ''

Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge ''Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge'' ( en, History of the Workers' Movement in Norway) is a six-volume work about the labour movement history of Norway. It was released between 1985 and 1990 by Tiden Norsk Forlag. It was not the first work abo ...

'', which covers the history of the Norwegian labour movement from 1965 to 1990. He also chaired

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Labour Party. He died on 30 July 1993 in Bærum.

Selected works

*''Politikk for fremtiden'' 1967 *''Demokratisk sosialisme'' 1976 *''Kjerringer mot strømmen og andre tanker'', 1981 *''Einar Gerhardsen'', two volumes, 1982 and 1983 *''Nye utfordringer (1965–1990)'', volume 6 of ''

'', 1990 *''Med rødt blekk'', 1992

References

1922 births 1993 deaths People from Buskerud Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian biographers Norwegian male writers Male biographers Labour Party (Norway) politicians Bærum politicians 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century biographers 20th-century Norwegian journalists {{norway-writer-stub