Bjørn Storberget (July 5, 1921 – September 29, 1999) was a Norwegian writer.
Storberget was born in
Langesund
is the administrative centre of Bamble Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The town is located on a peninsula along the Langesundsfjorden near the Skaggerak coast. The town of Stathelle lies about to the northwest. The town was establi ...
.
Storberget's career was connected with the
Norwegian postal service.
He started working for the postal service in 1938, and in 1939 he worked as a student at the Langesund post office. He also performed postal work in
Larvik
Larvik () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Larvik (town) ...
and
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...
. He took the postal examination in 1941. In 1942 he was employed as the head postal assistant in
Vadsø Vadsø or Vadso may refer to:
Places
* Vadsø Municipality, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway
*Vadsø (town)
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, and on January 1, 1947, at the post office in
Asker
Asker (), also called Asker proper (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the ...
.
Storberget took over editing of the magazine ''POST'' in 1956 in addition to his usual work in Asker.
Alongside his job as an editor, Storberget was also responsible for external information, such as preparing brochures and maintaining contact with the press. Gradually, the information service or editor's office was expanded, and Storberget became involved in the stamp service, among other things.
With the reorganization of the Norwegian Postal Administration in 1974 and 1975, its information and market function was strengthened. A separate information section (TI) was placed under the Traffic Department with Storberget as the head. The section had a separate information office (TII), a sales office (TIS), and a philately office (TIF). Under the philately office were also the Postal Museum and the Postal Library. In 1985, the information office was placed under the marketing department (MMI).
Storberget's interests included journalism, and he wrote short stories that were published in the weekly press and had several books published. He was also a member of the
Norwegian Post Organization's district board and an auditor, a member of the civil servant committee, and the treasurer of the vacation home board in the Norwegian Post Organization's Telemark district.
Storberget received the
King's Medal of Merit
The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold ...
in gold in recognition of his services in 1991.
Books
*1943: ''Gutteklubben i kamp''
*1945: ''Den usynlige fronten''
*1945: ''Sleipner''
*1946: ''Hjemløs''
*1948: ''På farlige eventyr''
*1949: ''Rømlingene''
*1953: ''Alle gutters fotballbok'' (with
Kristian Henriksen
Kristian "Svarten" Henriksen (3 March 1911 – 8 February 2004) was a Norwegian footballer and coach. As a player, Henriksen was a wing half who played for Sarpsborg, Lyn and Frigg. With Lyn, he won the 1945 and the 1946 Norwegian Football Cup. ...
)
*1963: ''Postmannen og postdikteren Knut Hamsun''
*197?: ''Postens virksomhet i Norge''
*1980: ''Ord om brevet''
*1990: ''En tur gjennom Postens historie''
*1994: ''Postens OL-bok''
*1995: ''Posten får vinger''
*1997: ''Mennesker i Posten gjennom 350 år''
Television and film
*1953: ''
Skøytekongen
''Skøytekongen'' (The Skating King) is a black-and-white Norwegian drama film from 1953 directed by Nils R. Müller. The script was written by Sigbjørn Hølmebakk based on a concept by Bjørn Storberget. The film stars Lasse Kolstad and Si ...
'', concept for the film script
*1955: ''Frimerket jubilerer'', film script
*1976: ''
Nynytt'' as himself
References
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1921 births
1999 deaths
20th-century Norwegian male writers
Norwegian magazine editors
Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold