Arne Strand (17 March 1944 – 10 May 2023) was a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Labour Party. He was the political editor in the newspaper ''

Dagsavisen is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway. The former party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, the ties loosened over time from 1975 to 1999. It has borne several names, and was called ''Arbeiderbladet'' from 1923 to 1997. Eirik Hoff Lys ...

'' until his death. Strand graduated from the

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with the cand.mag. degree in 1968. He worked as a journalist in '' Vårt Land'' from 1964 to 1966, in ''

Arbeiderbladet is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway. The former party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, the ties loosened over time from 1975 to 1999. It has borne several names, and was called ''Arbeiderbladet'' from 1923 to 1997. Eirik Hoff Lys ...

'' from 1966 to 1976, and in the

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from 1976 to 1987. Between 1987 and 1989 he was a State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, as a part of

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's second cabinet. Having been political editor and news editor in his later years with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, in 1990 he was hired as political editor in ''Arbeiderbladet'', which in 1997 changed its name to ''Dagsavisen''. He was acting editor-in-chief from 2004 to 2005 and from 2009. From 1999 to 2006 he chaired the Norwegian branch of the

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. Strand was the adoptive father of the television host Christian Strand. Strand died on 10 May 2023, at the age of 79. He had been ill with cancer for 17 years prior to his death.

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1944 births 2023 deaths Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian state secretaries Labour Party (Norway) politicians University of Oslo alumni Dagsavisen editors Journalists from Oslo {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub