Erik Fillip Skogstrøm (15 May 1926 – 19 April 2014) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in

Glemmen Glemmen is a parish and former municipality with the city of Fredrikstad, Østfold county, Norway. History The parish of ''Glemminge'' was established as a municipality 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). A part of Glemmen with 2,013 inhab ...

, and became a journalist in ''

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'' in 1947. He was promoted to editor-in-chief in 1971, and remained so until 1991. Skogstrøm chaired the regional Norwegian Union of Journalists chapter from 1955 to 1964 and the regional Association of Editors chapter from 1977 to 1980. He has been a board member of Høyres Pressebyrå and Norpress, and a deputy board member of the

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1926 births 2014 deaths Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian trade unionists People from Fredrikstad {{Norway-writer-stub