Anders Giæver (born 27 August 1961) is a Norwegian journalist and author who has been a commentator in ''

Verdens Gang (), generally known under the abbreviation ''VG'', is a Norway, Norwegian Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper. In 2016, circulation numbers stood at 93,883, declining from a peak circulation of 390,510 in 2002. Nevertheless, ''VG'' is ...

'' since 2000. Since 2004, he also leads the editorial section of the newspaper. In the period 2008–2011, he was the newspaper's correspondent in New York. Before joining VG, he was arts and culture editor in ''Dagsavisen'' and he has also worked in ''

Dagbladet () is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally it was considered the main liberal newspaper of Norway, with a ...

'' and ''

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''. His background is in music journalism. Giæver was central in the coverage of

Anders Behring Breivik Anders Behring Breivik (; born 13 February 1979), officially named Fjotolf Hansen from 2017 to 2025, and Far Skaldigrimmr Rauskjoldr av Northriki since March 2025, is a Norwegian neo-Nazi terrorist and mass murderer. He carried out the 2011 No ...

after the

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. He was critic of the first psychiatric evaluation which found that Breivik had

paranoid schizophrenia Schizophrenia () is a mental disorder characterized variously by hallucinations (typically, hearing voices), delusions, disorganized thinking and behavior, and flat or inappropriate affect. Symptoms develop gradually and typically begin ...

. In 2015, Giæver described how anonymous complaints against employees may curtail freedom of speech. Hanne Tolg, an employee of the

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, decided to quit her job rather than facing what Giæver claimed to be a "

Kafkaesque Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of real ...

" process to defend herself against anonymous complaints, due to her writings in the

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website Document.no.Jez Hemming
North Wales fire service employee quits amid investigation into alleged posts on far-right website
Daily Post Aug 25., downloaded Jan 2, 2017 Giæver has published a book on

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,Maria Børja (29 October 2001
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''Dagbladet'' two about newspaper cartoons in Norway and participated in a book about Jokke & Valentinerne.

Publications

* ''Jakten på onkel Walt'' (2001) * Sladder. Bedre enn sitt rykte (2004) * ''Gutta - på veien med Jokke & Valentinerne'' (with others) (2005) * ''Over streken - Avistegninger i grenseland'' (editor) (2006) * ''Øyenvitne'' (2013)

References

1961 births Living people Norwegian newspaper journalists Norwegian newspaper reporters and correspondents Verdens Gang people Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian expatriates in the United States {{Norway-writer-stub