Ivar Tveit (18 September 1880 – 1952) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He hailed from

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. He edited the newspaper '' Velgeren'' from 1907 to 1925, then from 1927 ''

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'' in

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. In 1932 he started the newspaper ''Sogn'' in

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, renamed ''

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; literally "Parish and the Fjords") was a Counties of Norway, county in western Norway, from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsda ...

'' in 1936. He edited the newspaper until 1947, except for a period during the

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when he had to flee to Sweden. The newspaper belonged to the Agrarian Party. Tveit was also a member of the Defence Commission of 1920.

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1880 births 1952 deaths People from Sogn og Fjordane People from Hyllestad Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian expatriates in Sweden {{Norway-writer-stub