Toralv Øksnevad (13 January 1891 – 31 July 1975) was a
Norwegian
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politician
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,
journalist
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,
newspaper editor
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and
radio personality. He was known as the "voice from
London
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" during
World War II
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,
[
] when listening to foreign radio in Norway was illegal, and from October 1942 implied risk of
death penalty.
Personal life
Øksnevad was born in
Høyland
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, a son of teacher Arnt Øksnevad and Kirsten Torine Folkvord, and was a brother of librarian
Reidar Øksnevad. His daughter married journalist and film director
Arne Skouen
Arne Skouen (18 October 1913 – 24 May 2003) was a Norwegian journalist, author, film director and film producer.
Biography
Arne Skouen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents were Peder Nikolai Skouen (1883-1978) and Jenny ...
, and he was a grandfather of composer
Synne Skouen
Synne Skouen (born 8 August 1950) is a Norwegian music writer and composer.
Biography
Skouen was born in Oslo. She studied at the Vienna Academy of Music with Alfred Uhl and Erwin Ratz for composition and Dieter Kaufmann and Friedrich Cerha for ...
. He died in
Oslo
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in 1975.
Journalist career
Øksnevad was a journalist for ''
Dagbladet
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'' from 1912 to 1920, was
press attaché
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in
Paris
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1920–1924, and again journalist for ''Dagbladet'' 1924–1927.
He was editor-in-chief for the regional newspaper ''
Romsdalsposten
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''Romsdalsposten'' was started on 5 January 1876, and issued by printer John Johnsen the first fifty years. The first editor was N. T. Holme. Among its ...
'' 1927–1933.
[
He started working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in 1933, and became the leader for the news department in 1938.][ In April 1940 he fled from ]occupied Norway
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to neutral Sweden, and traveled to London in August 1940, to negotiate with BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
...
. In London he participated in the BBC's broadcasting in the Norwegian language until 1945.