Odd Harald Medbøe (June 21, 1914 – February 17, 1989) was a Norwegian journalist, public relations officer, and author. Medbøe started working as a journalist for ''

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'' in 1933, was the editor of ''Press Telegraph'' and a correspondent for '' Politiken'' from 1945 to 1946, and was the press manager at

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and

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from 1946 to 1979. He was one of the founders of the Norwegian Public Relations Association (NPRA) in 1949 and the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) in 1952. He was chairman of the NPRA from 1955 to 1960, president of the IPRA from 1957 to 1958, and chairman of the Artists' Association (''Kunstnerforeningen'') from 1974 to 1979. Medbøe also wrote novels, short stories, poems, plays, and non-fiction books. He was the father of the actress

Katja Medbøe Katja Maria Riosianu Medbøe (3 December 1945 – c. 13 November 1996) was a Norway, Norwegian actress. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1968, and acted both at Den Nationale Scene and at the Nationalthea ...

, the actress

Wenche Medbøe Wenche Elena Riosianu Medbøe (born July 3, 1940) is a Norwegian actress. Family Medbøe was born in Oslo, the daughter of the public relations officer Odd Medbøe (1914–1989) and Ecaterina (Katja) Medbøe (née Riosianu) (1911–2011). She i ...

, the photographer Harald Medbøe, and the journalist Eva Fosse.

Bibliography

* ''Jet-fly og raketter'', non-fiction for children (1951) * ''Stakars Jørgen'', novel (1964) * ''Kong Olavs ferd til Østerland'', reportage book from King Olav's journey to Thailand and Iran (1965) * ''Spillet'', play (1966) * ''Med Kongen til misjonsfeltet i Etiopia'', reportage book, coauthor (1966) * ''

De heldige tre konger ''De heldige tre konger: En kort fremtidsroman som utspilles i dag'' (The Lucky Three Kings: A Short Future Novel Set Today) is a Norwegian science fiction novel by Odd Medbøe published by Aschehoug in 1969. The book is a satire that touches on ...

'', novel (1969) * ''Jørgen kommer hjem'', novel (1972) * ''Flax: forunderlige historier fra en flyreise gjennom livet'' (1980)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Medboe, Odd 1914 births 1989 deaths 20th-century Norwegian journalists Norwegian newspaper journalists 20th-century Norwegian non-fiction writers 20th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian poets Writers from Oslo