Kåre Valebrokk (17 December 1940 – 9 February 2013) was a Norwegian journalist and television executive. He was editor-in-chief and administrative director of TV 2 from October 1999 until June 2007, when he retired. He was the father of economist and editor Per Valebrokk. Valebrokk started his media career as a journalist in ''

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'' from 1962 to 1968, and was later a journalist in ''

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'' from 1979 to 1985. In 1985, Valebrokk was appointed editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''

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'', a position he held until he joined TV 2 in 1999. From 1989 he was also the CEO of ''Norges Handels- og Sjøfartstidende AS'', the company that published the newspaper. He has advocated libertarian views, like

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. After his retirement from TV 2, Valebrokk wrote a weekly column for ''

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'', and, among other tasks, was chairman of the Bergen Art Museum. According to his son, Valebrokk died in his sleep on 9 February 2013. He was 72 years old.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valebrokk, Kare 1940 births 2013 deaths Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian television executives TV 2 (Norway) people BI Norwegian Business School alumni People from Kristiansand