Hanne Skartveit (born 13 April 1966) is a Norwegian journalist and political editor.

Biography

Skartveit was born in

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, and is the daughter of journalist, magazine editor and publisher

Andreas Skartveit Andreas Skartveit (born 12 January 1937) is a Norwegian journalist, magazine editor and publisher. He was born in Finnøy. He worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1962 to 1972. He edited the cultural and political magazine ''Syn ...

. In the 1980s, she was a student and was active in student politics at the

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. She worked as journalist for the newspaper ''

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'' from 1990 to 1991, and has worked for ''

Verdens Gang (), generally known under the abbreviation ''VG'', is a Norway, Norwegian Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper. In 2016, circulation numbers stood at 93,883, declining from a peak circulation of 390,510 in 2002. Nevertheless, ''VG'' is ...

'' (''VG'') since 1991. She was awarded a SKUP diploma (a Norwegian

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award) in 1999, for the project ''Fylkespolitikerne - politikkens lønnsadel'', revealing lucrative benefits for regional politicians. She graduated as a

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from the University of Oslo in 2004, and has a masters degree in

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, from

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, United States, in 2006. She assumed the position of political editor for ''VG'' from 2009, succeeding

Olav Versto Olav Versto (31 July 1950 – 7 July 2011) was a Norwegian journalist and editor, primarily known for his work for the newspaper ''Verdens Gang''. Education and career Versto received a cand.mag. degree from the University of Oslo in 1976. He sta ...

. In 2012 she was awarded the Gullpennen (Golden Pen) prize by the

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Publications

References

External links

*Skartveit, Hanne.
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