Einar Fredrik Åke Tinius Nagell-Erichsen (15 February 1934 – 12 November 2007) was a Norwegian

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, noted for his leadership of the

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media conglomerate which includes the broadsheet newspaper ''

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'' and the tabloid ''

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''. Nagell-Erichsen was the great-grandson of Christian Michael Schibsted, the founder of the Schibsted corporation. His father was the Leif Nagell-Erichsen, a noted attorney. The Schibsted corporation was closely held by the Nagell-Erichsen, Riddervold, and Huitfeld families.

Education

Nagell-Erichsen attended the

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, earning a

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in 1959. He also worked as a waiter for two years in

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. He started his career in newspapers as a journalist at a local newspaper ''

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'' to learn the newspaper trade, even learning how to use the

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Work life

Nagell-Erichsen joined ''Aftenposten'' as a junior manager, to the surprise of the owning families of the corporations. In 1968 he became publisher of ''Verdens Gang'', which at the time was at the brink of

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. He turned the newspaper around, setting it for the course of becoming Norway's largest newspaper. He took over as publisher of ''Aftenposten'' in 1970 until 1983, and was the

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for Schibsted from 1992-2002.

The Tinius Trust

Nagell-Erichsen was noted for his gregarious manner and idealism. Among other things, he arranged to place the ownership of Schibsted in an irrevocable trust that would make it impossible for foreign interests to buy the newspaper. The

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was founded in 1996.

References

Obituary in Aftenposten
by

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Press release
from Schibsted ASA
Article
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