Asbjørn Barlaup (31 January 1902 – 4 February 1989) was a Norwegian journalist. He was born in

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. He worked in ''

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'' from 1919, and later became subeditor of '' Morgenavisen''. He was hired in ''

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'' in 1930, but resigned in protest in 1940 because of the

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and the Nazi usurpation of the newspaper. He instead joined the

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, fled in 1941 when he was in danger of being discovered, and worked until 1945 for the

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in exile. Based in London, he took part in

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. After 1945 he worked for the newspaper ''

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''. Already in the first year he hired Salo Grenning as an illustrator. He was awarded the

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in 1956. He was later information director in

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. He was an honorary member of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society. He died in 1989.

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1902 births 1989 deaths Writers from Trondheim Norwegian resistance members Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom Norwegian Army personnel of World War II 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian journalists {{Norway-journalist-stub