Andreas Norland (9 May 1935 – 21 August 2021) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was known as editor of three large newspapers ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', and also held other positions in the

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Early life

Norland was born in

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as a son of newspaper editor

Realph Norland Realph Immanuel Ottesen Norland (30 August 1903 – 5 October 1963) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Conservative Party, best known as editor-in-chief of ''Tønsbergs Blad''. Career He was born in Bergen to pharmacist J. No ...

(1903–1963) and pharmacist Aasta Sigrun Sæther (1903–1968). Following miscellaneous education, he was hired in ''

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'' in 1958, where his father was editor-in-chief. In September 1959 he married journalist Sonja Hammer. In 1963 he left ''Tønsbergs Blad'' for another conservative-leaning newspaper, ''

''.

Later career

After ten years in ''Aftenposten'', and then one year as a subeditor in ''

'' from 1973 to 1974, Norland was hired as editor-in-chief of ''

''. The newspaper had two chief editors at the time, and his co-editor was

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. In 1977 he was headhunted to become a new chief editor in ''Verdens Gang'' as well as board member of

. Norland took over for

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, and his co-editor Tim Greve succeeded long-time editor

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. In 1981 ''Verdens Gang'' surpassed ''Aftenposten'' to become Norway's largest newspaper. In 1987, Norland left to become editor of the new Schibsted-owned newspaper '' Osloavisen''. Einar Hanseid took over ''Verdens Gang''; from now there was only one chief editor. Reportedly, the idea of a local newspaper in Oslo came from Hanseid. However, ''Osloavisen'' was perceived by its owners as a failed venture and was discontinued after less than one year. Norland was brought back to ''Aftenposten'' where he succeeded

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as editor-in-chief. Norland stepped down in 1993, but worked as an advisor from 1994. He was a board chairman of Schibsteds Forlag, the publishing branch of Schibsted, from 1983 to 2002, and board member of ''

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'' from 1999. He was the deputy chair of the

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from 1972 to 1974, the

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from 1978 to 1980 and the

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from 1991 to 2001. He also wrote several books, both fiction (

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s) and non-fiction. One of the novels, ''Mord på Stortinget'', was dramatized by

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in 1982. In non-fiction he is known for 1973's ''Hårde tider'', the authoritative history on the Fatherland League, where his father was involved. In 2012 Norland released the two-volume history of Schibsted—''Schibsteds historie''—the first volume titled ''Bly blir gull'' and the second ''Medier, makt og millioner''. Norland died on 21 August 2021, aged 86.

Selected works

References

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