Steinar Gullvåg (born 27 October 1946 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold in 2005. Gullvåg was a member of

Nøtterøy Nøtterøy is an island and a former municipality in the present-day municipality of Færder in Vestfold and Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Borgheim. The parish of ''Nøtterø'' was estab ...

municipality council from 1979 to 1987 and 2003 to 2007. The son of

Eigil Gullvåg Eigil Gullvåg (27 February 1921 – 1991) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Trondheim. He was hired as a journalist in ''Arbeider-Avisa'' in 1945, and was editor-in-chief from 1958 to 1983. ...

, long-time editor of the newspaper ''

Arbeider-Avisa ''Arbeider-Avisa'' (founded as ''Arbeider-Avisen'', from 1946 ''Arbeider-Avisa'', from 1993 ''Avisa Trondheim'') was a daily newspaper published in Trondheim, Norway, started in 1924 and defunct in 1996. Until 1989 it was officially the newspap ...

'', Steinar Gullvåg originally worked as a journalist, starting in ''Arbeider-Avisa''. He took over as editor-in-chief in ''

Hardanger Folkeblad ''Hardanger Folkeblad'' is a Norwegian newspaper, published in Odda in Hordaland, and covering Odda, Ullensvang and Eidfjord. The newspaper was founded in 1940, and its first editor was Leif Granli until it was halted by the German occupants in Ju ...

'' 1973–1977 and in ''

Vestfold Arbeiderblad ''Vestfold Arbeiderblad'', often referred to as simply as ''VA'' and for a long period just ''Vestfold'', was a daily newspaper published in Tønsberg, Norway. History and profile The paper was established in 1909 under the name ''Vestfold Arbeid ...

'' 1977–1983. From 1994 to 2005 he was information director of the Directorate of Public Roads.

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1946 births Living people Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Vestfold politicians Norwegian newspaper editors 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub