Reidar Nielsen (16 June 1938 – 3 July 2018) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He started his journalistic career in '' Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad'' at the age of 19. He became subeditor before starting in '' Arbeiderbladet'' in 1968. He returned to ''Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad'' (''Finnmark Dagblad'') as editor-in-chief, then '' Nordlys'' in 1973. He was replaced in 1982, returned to ''Finnmark Dagblad'', and after a stint in ''

Dagningen ''Dagningen'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Lillehammer in Oppland county. History and profile ''Dagningen'' was started in 1924. The paper was affiliated with the Labour Party. It had its headquarters in Lillehammer. In 1997 the pape ...

'' from 1989 he finished his career in NRK. He was a member of the Broadcasting Council from 1983 to 1988. He served as a deputy representative to the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

from Finnmark during the term 1965–1969. In total he met during 86 days of parliamentary session. He also chaired Finnmark Labour Party.

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1938 births 2018 deaths Norwegian newspaper editors Deputy members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Finnmark politicians {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub