''Ukens Revy'' (roughly "Weekly Review") was 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 the ...

periodical, published in

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 of ...

History and profile

''Ukens Revy'' was founded in September 1914 as a conservative-leaning literary and political periodical. The first editor was

Hjalmar Christensen Hjalmar Christensen (5 May 1869 – 29 December 1925) was a Norwegian writer and a prominent literary critic. Biography Christensen was born at Sunnfjord in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. He was raised on a farm in the community of Førde. He wa ...

, who co-edited with

Ronald Fangen Ronald Fangen (29 April 1895 – 22 May 1946) was a Norwegian novelist, essayist, playwright, psalmist, journalist and literary critic. Biography Ronald August Fangen was born at Kragerø in Telemark, Norway. His parents were Sten August Fan ...

and

Victor Mogens Victor Andreas Emanuel Mogens (16 August 1886 – 17 January 1964) was a Norwegian journalist, editor and politician for the Fatherland League. Pre-war life and career He was born in Bergen, and grew up in Bergen, Trondheim, Kristiania and Holm ...

. From issue #5/1914 Mogens took over the editor chair. It was published by Helge Erichsen & Co. until 1 January 1916, when it was taken over by a limited company. The limited company ''A/S Ukens Revys nye Aktieselskap'' took over on 1 January 1920. In 1920, it had five employees and was published every Friday. The board of directors at the time consisted of C. J. Hambro,

Peter Andreas Morell Peter Andreas Amundsen Morell (1 January 1868 – 30 January 1948) was a Norwegian farmer and politician. Peter Morell was born in Aker (now Akershus), Norway. He was the son of Ole Amundsen (1827-85) and Johanna Gustava Kjelin (1844-191 ...

and Rolf Bye. Hambro took over as editor-in-chief in 1921, as Mogens founded his own magazine, ''Utenrikspolitikken''. Mogens would belong to

Fedrelandslaget The Fatherland League ( no, Fedrelandslaget) was a Norwegian right-wing, anti-communist political organisation in the interwar period. Founded in 1925, the movement aimed to unite all centre-to-right forces against the rise of the revolutionar ...

, whose views clashed with those of Hambro. Hambro remained editor until 1929.

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