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

Hyllestad Hyllestad is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Hyllestad. Other villages in the municipality include Sørbøvågen and Leirvik. Hyl ...

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

Vikøyri Vikøyri is the administrative center of the municipality of Vik in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the mouth of the Vikja river on the south shore of the Sognefjorden, roughly near the midpoint of Norway's longest fjord. The ...

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

Leikanger Leikanger () is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center was the village of Hermansverk, which also was th ...

, renamed ''

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the c ...

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

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...

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