''Villmarksliv'' (English translation "''Wilderness Life''") is a monthly Norwegian magazine about

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and

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published by

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. The magazine is based in

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History and profile

The magazine was established in 1973,Villmarksliv , Egmont Publishing
/ref> but also had a trial edition in 1972. The four founders Thorbjørn Tufte, Bjørn Holm-Hansen, Anton Lossius and Olaf Gundersrud with the publisher Naturforlaget AS. During the first years, Tufte and Holm-Hansen shared the position as editor, and changed who were responsible for every other edition. In 1988 Dag Kjelsaas took over the editor position. Today's editor is Knut Brevik, which took over the job in 2005. In 1992, Hjemmet Mortensen bought the majority of stocks, and took over the operations. ''Villmarksliv'' has had columns and articles written by many well known outdoor people, such as Sverre M. Fjelstad and

Lars Monsen Lars Thorbjørn Monsen (born 21 April 1963) is a Norwegian adventurer and journalist. He has done a number of exploration and backpacking expeditions in harsh wilderness. He became well-known after documenting a thru-hiking trip made over the cour ...

. The magazine also published several yearly special editions, such as "Ørretfiske" (''Trout Fishing''), "Vill mat" (''Wildlife-foods'') and "Norske naturperler" (''Norwegian Nature Beauties''). ''Villmarksliv'' also hosts the Norwegian Championship in Nature Photography "NM i naturfoto", and through the whole year readers can view contributions from the best nature photographies competing for prizes. ''Villmarksliv'' also maintain the official Norwegian records for sport fishing called "Sportsfiskerekordene".

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