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Ivar Hippe (born 19 March 1953) is a Norwegian author,
political consultant Political consulting is a form of consulting that consists primarily of advising and assisting political campaigns. Although the most important role of political consultants is arguably the development and production of mass media (largely televi ...
, former
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and presenter. He received national media attention in 1982 when he was expelled from
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by the government. On his return to Norway he began working for the
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(NRK). In 1999 he became
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of the Norwegian financial journal ''
Økonomisk Rapport ''Økonomisk Rapport'' (Danish: ''Financial Report'') was a monthly business magazine published in Oslo, Norway. The magazine was in circulation between 1974 and January 2013. History and profile The magazine was founded in 1974. Previously owne ...
''. In 2003 he wrote the book '' Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene'', which followed
Tore Tønne Tore Tønne (5 March 1948 – 20 December 2002) was the Norwegian politician who served as the minister of health and social affairs (responsible for social affairs) from 2000 to 2001 in the Jens Stoltenberg's first cabinet. Tønne committed ...
's last days before his suicide. The book received good reviews and, after the book's release, Hippe started working as a political consultant. His next book, ''Korstoget mot velferdsstaten: PÃ¥ innsiden av nyliberale tenketanker'', was published in 2021.


Career

Hippe was born in
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and studied at the
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where he earned the
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'' candidatus rerum politicarum''. By the late 1970s Hippe had joined the Latin American Group in Oslo and became one of its leading members. The organisation had around 80 members and had collaborated with
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on projects involving
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. Hippe later landed a job as a journalist for the Norwegian newspaper ''
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'' and became the paper's correspondent in
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. Hippe and Frode Holst, a journalist from Norwegian newspaper ''
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'', were arrested and expelled from Argentina in 1982 by the
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who claimed that they were spies working for the British government. Holst was put on a plane to
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and Hippe left for
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,
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. In a
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Argentina's Minister of Interior Bernardo Menendez claimed that the journalists were "compromising national security". In 1984 he sent a job application to the
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(NRK) to become their translator whilst in Latin America. When he moved back to Norway he worked for NRK ''
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'' and Fafo. Until 1999 Hippe worked in the economic news sector at NRK. In 1999 Hippe became Editor-in-Chief of ''
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'' (ØR). Hippe openly supported the Labour Party
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,
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from mid 2000 in Stoltenberg's first term (17 March 2000 to 19 October 2001). Hippe left his position as Editor-in-Chief in 2002 because the new owners did not share the same future plans for the magazine as he did. Six months after Hippe left a number of journalists and most of the old leadership staff had also left the magazine. After quitting his job he was asked to write a book about
Tore Tønne Tore Tønne (5 March 1948 – 20 December 2002) was the Norwegian politician who served as the minister of health and social affairs (responsible for social affairs) from 2000 to 2001 in the Jens Stoltenberg's first cabinet. Tønne committed ...
, and his recent
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. When writing the book Hippe interviewed 60 key acquaintances, with the exception of
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who had a friendly relationship with Tønne before his death. The book, entitled '' Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene'' (), was published in 2003 and received considerable acclaim. Before becoming a
political consultant Political consulting is a form of consulting that consists primarily of advising and assisting political campaigns. Although the most important role of political consultants is arguably the development and production of mass media (largely televi ...
he was one of four who applied for the position as director of the Institute for Journalism in 2006. He was not chosen and instead became a consultant for the leader of the
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, Gerd-Liv Valla. In 2006 he worked for the Norwegian Foreign Ministry on the "Norwegian Project", a government-funded project with
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. According to Hippe the project works for an extensive social dialogue between the employers where they "deliberately chose cooperation and dialogue rather than confrontation and conflict with society around them". As of 2010 he works as a consultant for the public relations company Agendum and Hippe Consult, a company owned by himself. In May 2010 Hippe chaired a debate for the
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on the proposal to introduce data storage directives into Norwegian law. Hippe briefly worked as the consultant to Ellen Kristin Dahl-Pedersen who was set to inherit parts of
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's fortune. Until very recently Hippe worked as boxer
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' media consultant officer.


Personal life

He is the older brother of Jon Hippe, the former leader of Fafo. He has two sons, Mathias and Trym, and a daughter, Olivia.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hippe, Ivar 1953 births Living people Writers from Oslo Political consultants Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian social democrats NRK people Norwegian newspaper reporters and correspondents Norwegian expatriates in Argentina