Svein Døvle Larssen (20 April 1928 – 23 January 2015) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He spent most of his career in the Conservative press in the county of
Vestfold
Vestfold () is a county and a current electoral district in Norway. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it borders Buskerud and Telemark counties. The county administration is located in Tønsberg, Norway's oldest city, and the larg ...
, and was also an elected politician for the
Conservative Party. He also held a number of positions in Norwegian media organizations.
Career
He was born in
Stokke
Stokke is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution on 1 January 2017. The area is now part of Sandefjord Municipality. The administrative ...
, and took his
examen artium
Examen artium was the name of the academic certification conferred in Denmark and Norway, qualifying the student for admission to university studies. Examen artium was originally introduced as the entrance exam of the University of Copenhagen in 1 ...
in 1948. In 1949 he was hired as a journalist in the now defunct
Sandefjord
Sandefjord () 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 Sandefjord ...
-based newspaper ''
Dagbladet Vestfold''. He was soon promoted to editor-in-chief, although in another newspaper, ''
Rjukan Dagblad''. From 1954 to 1956 he was the editor-in-chief of ''
Larvik Morgenavis''. At the same time he was elected to serve as a member of Stokke
municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...
for the term 1955–1959. In 1956 he was hired as a journalist in a larger newspaper, ''
Tønsbergs Blad
''Tønsbergs Blad'' is a local newspaper published in Tønsberg, Norway. The newspaper was founded by printer Hans Jørgen Magnus Hansen on 3 August 1870, with an initial circulation of 210 copies. By the turn of the century the circulation had g ...
''.
Larssen took a break from his newspaper career from 1960 to 1967, to pursue a career as director of public relations in
Esso Norway. From 1963 to 1964 he served in the municipal council of
Åsgårdstrand
Åsgårdstrand (historically spelled ''Aasgaardstrand'') is a small port List of towns and cities in Norway, town in both Horten Municipality, Horten and Tønsberg Municipality, Tønsberg municipalities in Vestfold county, Norway. The town is loc ...
. In 1967 he was hired in the editorial staff of his old newspaper ''Tønsbergs Blad''. He stayed there the rest of his career, from 1977 to 1995 as editor-in-chief. He also served on the municipal council of
Borre Municipality
Borre is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1988. Borre was merged with Horten in 1988, and the new municipality bore the name Borre until after a public referendum reg ...
, into which Åsgårdstrand had been incorporated, from 1971 to 1975.
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Larssen chaired the local branches of the Conservative Party in both Stokke, Åsgårdstrand and Borre. More importantly, he has been the chairman of the ]Association of Norwegian Editors The Association of Norwegian Editors (, NR) is a Norwegian interest group for editors and middle managers in the news media
The news media or news industry are forms of mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public. These inc ...
and the Conservative Press Association
The Conservative Press Association (; shortened DKPF) was a Norwegian media institution whose stated objective was the furtherance of conservative daily newspapers. Amongst its members were editors, journalists, publishers and businesspeople who w ...
, as well as chair
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of the Norwegian News Agency
The Norwegian News Agency (; abbreviated NTB) is a Norwegian press agency and wire service that serves most of the largest Norwegian media outlets. The agency is located in Oslo and has bureaus in Brussels in Belgium and Tromsø in northern Norw ...
. He has also worked to support the archaic written form of Norwegian, Riksmål
(, also , ) is an unofficial written Norwegian language form or spelling standard, meaning the ''National Language'', closely related and now almost identical to the dominant form of Bokmål, known as .
Both Bokmål and Riksmål evolved from t ...
.[
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Personal life
Upon his death he resided in Åsgårdstrand. Larssen died at the age of 86 on 23 January 2015.
References
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1928 births
2015 deaths
People from Stokke
Norwegian newspaper editors
Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
Vestfold politicians