Per Kristian Norvik (born February 10, 1938) is a Norwegian journalist and editor.

Biography

Per Kristian Norvik was born in Vadsø, Norway on February 10, 1938. He is the older brother of businessman

Harald Norvik Harald Norvik (born 21 June 1946 in Vadsø) is a former chairman, president, and chief executive of Norwegian oil firm Statoil, a former chairman of telecommunications company Telenor and a director of ConocoPhillips. Norvik received his Master ...

and a cousin of politician

Erling Norvik Erling Norvik (9 April 1928 – 31 December 1998) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. Norvik was born in Vadsø, the son of Erling Johannes Norvik, who served in the Norwegian parliament (''Stortinget'') from 1949 to 1961. ...

. Norvik began his medical studies in 1957, but dropped out in 1959 to become a journalist at '' Morgenbladet''. From 1965 to 1970 he worked at ''

Aftenposten ( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million ...

''. Since 1970 he worked as editor at ''Arbeidsgiveren'' (1970-1972), and as a political journalist at

NRK NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting Aksjeselskap, AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and ...

(1972-1978). Norvik joined ''

Verdens Gang ''Verdens Gang'' ("The course of the world"), generally known under the abbreviation ''VG'', is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper. In 2016, circulation numbers stood at 93,883, having declined from a peak circulation of 390,510 in 2002. ''VG'' is n ...

'' in 1978, where he worked as associate editor (1978-1986), and political editor (1986-1993). In November 1993 Norvik left ''Verdens Gang'' together with its editor

Einar Hanseid Einar Hanseid (born 19 November 1943) is a Norwegian retired newspaper editor. Biography Hanseid was born in Sandefjord, Norway. He started as a journalist in ''Sandefjords Blad'' from 1965 to 1966 and was the subeditor of '' Bondebladet'' from ...

, becoming political editor at ''Aftenposten'' (1993-2000). He functioned as the acting editor-in-chief at Aftenposten in the absence of Hanseid. As an editor Norvik became well known for his taciturnity and avoidance of the public spotlight, which inspired Norwegian public figures to entrust him with confidential information. He was for many years one of the most prominent political journalists in Norway. Norvik announced his intention to leave ''Aftenposten'' in April 2000, in what was considered a surprise move among politicians and fellow journalists. He has subsequently worked as a political commentator at TV 2, '' TV 2 Nettavisen'' and Kanal 24.

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1938 births Living people Aftenposten people Morgenbladet people NRK people Norwegian newspaper editors People from Vadsø TV 2 (Norway) people Verdens Gang people {{Norway-journalist-stub