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

Sarpsborg Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neigh ...

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 ''Kvinner og Klær'' (''KK'', ), 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 ''Kvinner og Klær'' was launched under the title of ''Nordis ...

''. 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 The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise ( no, Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon, NHO) is an employers' organisation in Norway with more than 30,000 members. It was founded in 1989 as a merger of the Federation of Norwegian Industries, the Norwegi ...

(NHO). In April 2013, she was appointed Secretary General of the Norwegian Press Association, replacing

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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, and grew up in Bergen and Kristi ...

, editor in chief of the online newspaper ''

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''.

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