Paul Dessen Gjesdahl (22 December 1893 – 14 August 1969) was a Norwegian journalist and theatre critic. He was a theatre critic for the newspaper '' Dagbladet'' from 1919 to 1930, for '' Tidens Tegn'' from 1930 to 1937, and for '' Arbeiderbladet'' from 1937 to 1967. He was a chairman of the

Norwegian Students' Society Norwegian Students' Society ( no, Det Norske Studentersamfund) is Norway's oldest student society. The Norwegian Students' Society was established during 1813 in Oslo, Norway. Two years after the Royal Frederick University (today named the Univer ...

in 1919 and a member of

Mot Dag Mot Dag (, 'Towards Day') was a Norwegian political group. The group was active from the 1920s to the early 1930s and was first affiliated with the Labour Party. After World War II, many of its former members were leaders in Norwegian politics and ...

, a board member of the Norwegian Critics' Association for 36 years, and vice chairman of the Norwegian Broadcasting Council from 1946 to 1955.

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1893 births 1969 deaths People from Halden Norwegian theatre critics Mot Dag 20th-century Norwegian journalists {{Norway-journalist-stub