The Director-General is

chief executive A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

and

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

of 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 ...

(NRK). The position is appointed by the NRK board, which in turn is appointed by the government. The title of the Director-General in Norwegian is (since 1948) ''kringkastingssjef'', which literally means "chief of broadcasting". *

Olav Midttun Olav Midttun (8 April 1883 – 5 January 1972) was a Norwegian philologist, biographer, magazine editor, and media executive. He edited the cultural magazine '' Syn og Segn'' for more than fifty years, and was the first national program di ...

(1934–1940 and 1945–1947), he held the title of ''riksprogramsjef'', "national chief of programmes" * Thorstein Diesen, Jr. (1947–1948) (acting ''riksprogramsjef'') * Egil Sundt (1939–1940 and 1945–1946), he held the title of ''administerende direktør'' During his absence 1939-1940 Niels Nickelsen and Olav Devik were acting ''administrerende direktør'' *

Knut Tvedt Knut Tvedt (27 September 1906 – 30 September 1989) was a Norwegian director and jurist. He was acting chief executive of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1946 to 1948. Early life and education Tvedt was born in Lier t ...

(acting) (1946–1948), he held the title of ''administerende direktør'' *

Kaare Fostervoll Kaare Fostervoll (3 December 1891 – 6 July 1981) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party. From 1949 to 1962 he was the director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). Early career He was born in Kristia ...

(1948–1962) *

Hans Jacob Ustvedt Hans Jacob Neumann Ustvedt (4 July 1903 – 26 January 1982) was a Norwegian medical doctor and broadcasting administrator. He was a driving force of the doctors' resistance during World War II, had to flee to Sweden in 1942, and was leadin ...

(1962–1972) *

Torolf Elster Torolf Elster (27 May 1911 – 4 November 2006) was a Norwegian newspaper and radio journalist, magazine editor, novelist, crime fiction writer and writer of short stories. He was Director-General of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (N ...

(1972–1981) *

Bjartmar Gjerde Bjartmar Alv Gjerde (6 November 1931 – 28 November 2009) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He held several posts as a government minister between 1971 and 1980, and was Norway's first Minister of Petroleum and Energy. He was lat ...

(1981–1989) * Olav Ilssen (acting) (1989) *

Einar Førde Einar Førde (20 January 1943 – 26 September 2004) was a Norwegian journalist and politician of the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1979 to 1981, and director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corp ...

(1989–2001) *

John G. Bernander John Gordon Bernander (born 22 September 1957) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and former director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) and the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise. Early life and career ...

(2001–2007) *

Hans Tore Bjerkaas Hans-Tore Bjerkaas (born 7 June 1951 in Tromsø) is a former Director-General of the NRK, Director-General of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). He began his broadcasting career in 1977, joining NRK's Troms region, where he was deputy ...

(2007–2013) *

Thor Gjermund Eriksen Thor Gjermund Eriksen (born 2 October 1966) is a Norwegian journalist and editor who was director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 2013 to 2022. Career Journalistic career Born in Oslo, he was hired as a journalist in ''Da ...

(2013–2022) *

Vibeke Fürst Haugen Vibeke Fürst Haugen (born 20 May 1968) is a Norwegian media executive. From 2022 she serves as Director-General of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Career Born in Oslo on 20 May 1968, Fürst Haugen graduated as cand.mag. from the Univ ...

(2022–)

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