Rolv Høiland (26 September 1926 – 2001) was a Norwegian magazine editor. He was born in

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, and started his career as a journalist there. He later enrolled at the

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. He was a sub-editor for the military newspapers ''Mannskapsavisa'' and ''Militær Orientering'', and was promoted to editor-in-chief in 1953. He later took up other tasks, and was editor-in-chief of ''Forsvarets Forum'' from 1980 to 1983. The magazine was started in 1980 as a continuation of ''Mannskapsavisa''. He was a board member of the

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from 1975 to 1988 and of ''Periodisk Presses Redaktørforening''. Høiland also helped start the men's magazine ''

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'' in 1951. He contributed mainly with military topics here as well. After withdrawing from ''Forsvarets Forum'' in 1983, at which time he criticized active military officers in general for not taking part in the public debate, he rejoined ''Vi Menn'' as a freelance writer. He also contributed with military articles to the encyclopedia ''Cappelens leksikon'' between 1982 and 1987. He has written humorous books, and wrote ''Per Røed: den ukjente sabotør'' about the saboteur Per Røed. He was also press director for the

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. He resided in

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in his later life. He died in October 2001 following long-term illness.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoiland, Rolv 1926 births 2001 deaths Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian military writers Norwegian biographers People from Stavanger