Peter Joachim Kristian Slotsvik (3 February 1862 – 20 September 1924) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and fiction writer. He was born in

Ålesund Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative ...

. He co-founded

Noregs Ungdomslag Noregs Ungdomslag (NU, literally "Norway's youth society") is a Norwegian cultural society formed in 1896. It has around 17,000 members and 450 local chapters. Activities Among the society's activities are folk dance, theatre and the spreading of ...

in 1896 and served as its first chairman until 1899. He then edited the newspaper ''

Indre Smaalenenes Avis ''Smaalenenes Avis'' is a local newspaper published in Askim, Norway. It covers Indre Østfold. It was established in Mysen in 1899 under the name ''Indre Smaalenenes Avis'', and covered the municipalities of Eidsberg, Trøgstad and Marker. A tr ...

'' from 1900 to his death. He also wrote books such as ''Storfossen'' (1909), ''Utpaa stupe'' (1910), ''Brita-Lars'' (1912) and ''Brukseigaren'' (1922).

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1862 births 1924 deaths People from Ålesund Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian male writers {{Norway-writer-stub