Carsten Bleness (born 22 July 1958) is a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in

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as a son of Magne Bleness. He took the examen artium in 1977 and worked as a sailor, then manual laborer at

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from 1980 to 1982. He took education as a

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and served as such for two years, and then returned to manual labor at

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until 1985. From 1985 to 1987 he led the radio station Radio Klassekampen. He worked in the

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from 1988 to 1992, and in ''

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'' from 1992 to 2005. He was the newspaper's correspondent in London for a period. In 2005 he was hired as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''

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''. He resigned in 2009 amid poor economic results, and was succeeded by

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as acting editor. In September 2010 he became editor-in-chief of '' Hamar Arbeiderblad''.

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1958 births Living people Norwegian sailors Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom Norwegian newspaper reporters and correspondents Norwegian newspaper editors Journalists from Oslo Dagsavisen editors {{Norway-writer-stub