Per Hansson (24 July 1922 – 12 June 1982) was a Norwegian journalist. He was born in

Kragerø Kragerø () is a List of cities in Norway, town and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional regions of Grenland and the smaller Vestmar. ...

. He was the editor-in-chief of the newspapers ''

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'' from 1949 to 1954 and '' Akershus Folkeblad'' from 1954 to 1958. In 1958 he was hired as a journalist in ''

Dagbladet ''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newsp ...

'', where he stayed until 1970. He published several books on

Norway during World War II The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...

; 1965's ''Det største spillet'' was made into a film in 1967, with the English title ''

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''. The same year he was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment.

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1922 births 1982 deaths Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian non-fiction writers People from Kragerø 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century non-fiction writers {{Norway-writer-stub