Ingolf Håkon Teigene (10 April 1949 – 12 June 2007) was a Norwegian journalist.
Teigene hailed from
Hareid
Hareid is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Hareid. The other main population centers are Brandal and Hjørungavåg.
The municipality is sit ...
. He started his career as a journalist, and was editor-in-chief of ''
Ny Tid
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''Ny Tid'' is headed by the newspaper founder Tr ...
'' from 1982 to 1986, at that time a newspaper owned by the
Socialist Left Party. He also worked in ''
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 newspa ...
''.
Teigene then became known to the general public as a news presenter, anchoring in
Dagsrevyen
''Dagsrevyen'' (English: ''The Daily Review'') is the daily evening news programme for the Norwegian television channel NRK1, the main channel of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), broadcast at 19:00. In 2007, the programme started air ...
in the
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
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. He appeared in this role for the first time in 1989. He also headed
Sommeråpent and other programs.
Teigene also authored several books.
Teigene died at work, of heart failure.
References
1949 births
2007 deaths
Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians
Norwegian newspaper editors
Norwegian television news anchors
NRK people
People from Hareid
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