Øystein Øystå, né Anderssen (25 October 1934 – 12 April 2014) was a Norwegian writer. He was the information director of the Norwegian Brewers and Soft Drinks Producers from 1970 to 1992, then a freelance writer. He has written many books on brewery in Norway, as well as a local historical book for

Frogn Frogn is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Follo, Norway, Follo Districts of Norway, traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the List of cities ...

and other cultural history topics. He has also written 17 articles in the biographical encyclopedia ''

Norsk biografisk leksikon is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia. It is part of the '' Great Norwegian Encyclopedia''. Origin The first print edition (NBL1) was issued between 1923 and 1983; it included 19 volumes and 5,100 articles. Kunnskapsforlaget to ...

''. Since 1997 he edited the magazine '' Rotary Norden'', and he holds the Paul Harris Fellow recognition from Rotary. He resided in

Drøbak Drøbak is a town and the centre of the municipality of Frogn, in Akershus county, Norway. The city is located along the Oslofjord, and has 13,409 inhabitants. History Drøbak and Frogn was established as a parish on its own through a royal d ...

and has contributed extensively to the local

revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatre, theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketch comedy, sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural pre ...

scene, and founded the gallery Avistegnernes Hus. During his younger days he was an able

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er, with a personal best of 7.01 metres, achieved in August 1957 in

Tvedestrand is List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative center is the Tvedestrand (town), t ...

. He died in April 2014.Death announcement, ''Aftenposten'' 22 April 2014, p. 36

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