Kjersti Løken Stavrum (born 1 March 1969) is a Norwegian journalist and editor. Since April 2013, she has been Secretary General of the

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. Born in

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in south-eastern Norway, Stavrum is a graduate in political science. She began her career with the Norwegian newspaper ''

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'' in 1994. In 2001, she became editor in chief for the weekly women's magazine ''

Kvinner og Klær ' (''KK'', 'Women and Clothes'), is a Norwegian weekly women's magazine published in Oslo, Norway. It is the oldest and largest magazine for women in the country. History and profile was launched under the title of as a magazine concerning n ...

''. She returned to ''Aftenposten'' in 2005 as feature editor for the paper's revamped weekly magazine ''

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'', where she remained until 2012. Thereafter, for a short period she was head of the communications department of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO). In April 2013, she was appointed Secretary General of the Norwegian Press Association, replacing Per Edgar Kokkvold who had occupied the post since 1996. In 2003, Stavrum received the Norwegian title of Female Media Leader of the Year (''Årets kvinnelig medieleder'') in recognition for her success in making ''KK'' (''Kvinner og Klær'') Norway's most popular women's magazine. Kjersti Løken Stavrum is a sister of Karl Petter Løken and is married to

Gunnar Stavrum Gunnar Stavrum (born 24 October 1961) is a Norway, Norwegian newspaper editor and author. Since 2003 he has been chief editor of the online newspaper ''Nettavisen''. Early years Stavrum was born in Kristiansund (town), Kristiansund, and grew u ...

, editor in chief of the online newspaper ''

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''.

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