''Samtiden'' is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

political and literary magazine.

History and profile

''Samtiden'' was founded by Jørgen Brunchorst and

Gerhard Gran Gerhard von der Lippe Gran (9 December 1856 – 7 April 1925) was a Norwegian literary historian, professor, magazine editor, essayist and biographer. Personal life Gran was born in Bergen as the son of merchant Christen Knagenhjelm Gran (1822� ...

in 1890. The magazine's first publisher was ''John Griegs forlag'' (

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

), and from 1900 Aschehoug (

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

). Gran was the magazine's editor from 1892 to 1925. As of 2002

Thomas Hylland Eriksen Thomas Hylland Eriksen (born February 6, 1962) is a Norwegian anthropologist. He is currently a professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, as well as the 2015–2016 president of the European Association of Social Anthropologist ...

was the

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

of the magazine. Cathrine Sandnes has been editor-in-chief since 2006. ''Samtiden'' is a member of the

Eurozine ''Eurozine '' is a network of European cultural magazines based in Vienna, linking up more than 90 partner journals and just as many associated magazines and institutions from nearly all European countries. ''Eurozine'' is also an online magazine ...

network.

Editors

*1892–1925:

*1925–1963: Jacob Worm-Müller (except 1940–1942) *1940–1942: Andreas Hofgaard Winsnes *1963–1969:

John Sanness John Christian Munthe Sanness (24 May 1913 – 6 November 1984) was a Norwegian historian and politician for the Labour Party. He is known as the director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs from 1960 to 1983, professor at the Univ ...

*1969–1979:

Torkel Opsahl Torkel Opsahl (17 March 1931 in Stavanger — 16 September 1993 in Geneva) was a Norwegian human rights scholar, professor of the University of Oslo since 1965 and head of the board of its Human Rights Institute since 1987. From 1970 to 1984, he was ...

*1979–1988: Editorial committee (including Helge Rønning, and others) *1989–1993:

Trond Berg Eriksen Trond Berg Eriksen (born 3 October 1945) is a Norwegian historian of ideas, non-fiction writer and magazine editor. He was born in Øvre Eiker in Buskerud. His thesis, from 1975, was on the ethics of Aristoteles. He was appointed professor at the U ...

*1993–2001:

*2001–2006:

Knut Olav Åmås Knut Olav Åmås (born 19 January 1968) is a Norwegian writer, editor and politician for the Conservative Party. He hails from Odda. He holds a cand.philol. degree in philosophy, having taken his master's thesis on Ludwig Wittgenstein at the U ...

*2006–2014: Cathrine Sandnes *2014–2016: Different editor for each issue: ** 4/2014: Lena Lindgren ** 1/2015: Espen Søbye ** 2/2015: ** 3/2015: ** 4/2015: Torgrim Eggen ** 1/2016: ** 2/2016: Christian Kjelstrup ** 3–4/ 2016: *2017– : Christian Kjelstrup

References

External links

Official website
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