Aage Møst (29 August 1923 – 19 April 2011) was a Norwegian journalist and sports official. He was born in Skotselv. He represented the clubs Bakke IF, Oslo-Studentenes IK, IL Tyrving and

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during his career. He was a journalist by education, and worked in ''

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'', ''

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'' and for many years in ''

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''. In 1968, he left ''Aftenposten'', and started writing for ''Byggeindustrien''. He was active in the Norwegian Specialized Press Association and the editors' union ''Fagpressens redaktørforening''. When he was 27 years old, he was elected to the association board of directors of the

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. He was the secretary in 1951, vice president from 1954 to 1955 and in 1956 he was elected president of the federation, a position he held until 1964. After he resigned as president, he continued to work in related areas until 1995. Among others, he was a member of the law committee from 1967 to 1974 and chaired the financial committee from 1969 to 1970. Møst also worked within the

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from 1965 until 1984.

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