Andreas Skartveit (born 12 January 1937) is a Norwegian journalist, magazine editor and publisher. He was born in
Finnøy
Finnøy is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The island municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Stavanger Municipality. It was located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. The a ...
. He worked for the
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-run, government-influenced radio and television public broadcasting company.
The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...
from 1962 to 1972. He edited the cultural and political magazine ''
Syn og Segn
''Syn og Segn'' is a Norwegian quarterly cultural and political periodical published in Oslo, Norway.
History and profile
''Syn og Segn'' was founded in 1894, and Rasmus Flo and Arne Garborg were the first editors.[Det Norske Samlaget Det Norske Samlaget is a Norwegian publishing house founded on 24 March 1868 with the aim to promote and publish books in Landsmål, now known as Nynorsk.
''Det Norske Samlaget'' is now divided into two institutions: a literature organization, '' ...]
during the same period. From 1980 to 1990 he was manager of the publishing house
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS, commonly referred to as Gyldendal N.F. and in Norway often only as Gyldendal, is one of the largest Norway, Norwegian publishing houses. It was founded in 1925 after buying rights to publications from the Denmark, Dan ...
.
References
1937 births
Living people
People from Finnøy
Norwegian book publishers (people)
Norwegian magazine editors
NRK people
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