Per Håland (7 January 1919 – 9 October 1999) was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor, and proponent for the Nynorsk language. He was born in

Høyanger Høyanger () is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Høyanger. Other villages in Høyanger municipality include Austreim, Bjordal, Kyrkjebø ...

. He was a journalist for ''Høyanger Avis'' from 1939 until the outbreak of World War II, and later for the newspapers ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Vest-Agder'' and '' Varden''. He was chief editor of the newspaper '' Gula Tidend'' for 25 years, from 1954 to 1979.

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1919 births 1999 deaths People from Høyanger Norwegian newspaper editors Nynorsk-language writers 20th-century Norwegian writers {{Norway-journalist-stub