Hilde Haugsgjerd (born 7 July 1952) is a Norwegian newspaper editor. She was born in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

. She was the party leader of the

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from 1979 to 1981, and was married to the party's first leader

Sigurd Allern Sigurd Allern (born 5 September 1946) is a Norwegian media theorist and the first professor of journalism at the University of Oslo.Sigurd Al ...

from 1972 to 1977. She worked as a journalist in ''

Klassekampen ''Klassekampen'' ( en, The Class Struggle) is a Norwegian daily newspaper. It describes itself as "the newspaper of the Left." The paper's net circulation is 34,000 (2021), and it has around 111,000 daily readers on paper (160,000 on Saturdays). ...

'' and ''

Dagbladet ''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newsp ...

'', as well as information director of

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, before becoming a newspaper editor. She edited ''

Dagsavisen ''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. ...

'' from 2001 to 2004 as the first female editor of a national Norwegian newspaper, and then '' Aftenposten Aften'' from 2004 to 2008. In 2008 she became acting chief editor of ''

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'' since editor

Hans Erik Matre Hans Erik Matre (born 14 May 1955) is a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in Ski. He was a subeditor in '' Vårt Land'' from 1980 to 1983, and chief editor from 1983 to 1989. He doubled as chief editor and chief executive of both the Norwegi ...

underwent cancer treatment, and in 2009 she became the editor on a permanent basis.

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1952 births Living people Writers from Oslo Norwegian non-fiction writers Red Party (Norway) politicians Leaders of political parties in Norway Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian women editors Aftenposten editors Norwegian women writers Norwegian women non-fiction writers Women newspaper editors Dagsavisen editors {{Norway-writer-stub