Per Jorsett (11 May 1920 – 30 January 2019) was a Norwegian freelance sports reporter, sport historian and sports shooter. He reported for '' Sportsmanden'' from 1945 to 1961, and for the newspapers ''

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 ...

'' and ''

Nationen ''Nationen'' is a Norwegian daily newspaper with a particular focus on agriculture and rural districts. Its circulation in 2015 was 12,954, an increase of 281 copies from 2014. History and profile ''Nationen'' was founded in 1918.

''. He had commissions for the

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from 1947 to 1991, often along with fellow reporter Knut Bjørnsen. Among his books are ''Norges skytterkonger'', ''Hvem er hvem i norsk idrett'' and books on the

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Personal life

In 1943 Jorsett married Gerd Ingebjør Breen (1922–2009). He died in

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in 2019, aged 98.

Selected works

* * * * (jointly with Aage Møst ) * (jointly with Knut Bjørnsen) * * * (jointly with

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, Otto Ulseth and Arne Scheie) * (jointly with Arne Scheie)

References

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