Egil Remi Jensen (born 6 November 1929) is a Norwegian retired newspaper editor.

Life and career

Egil Remi Jensen was born in

Vennesla Vennesla is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Venn ...

on 6 November 1929. He was hired as a subeditor in the newspaper ''

Fædrelandsvennen is a regional newspaper based in Kristiansand, Norway. It covers the southernmost part of the country, (Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder), focusing especially on the area between Mandal, Norway, Mandal and Lillesand (west and east of Kristiansand). ...

'' in 1957, and was the chief editor there from 1979 to 1995. He chaired the

Norwegian Press Association The Norwegian Press Association (; NP) is a Norwegian association for organizations and companies of the news media. History The Norwegian Press Association was established in 1910 for people with journalism as their main profession. its member ...

from 1987 to 1989. He has also been a board member of the newspaper ''

Agder Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...

''.

References

1929 births Living people Norwegian newspaper editors People from Vest-Agder People from Vennesla {{Norway-writer-stub