Johannes Lavik (1 February 1856,

Vaksdal is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Dalekvam. Other villages in Vaksdal include Dalegarden, Flatkvål, Helle, Nesheim ...

– 14 February 1929) was a Norwegian

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and

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. He was a subeditor of the newspaper''

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'' from 1894. He was a founder and editor of the

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newspaper ''

Gula Tidend ''Gula Tidend'' (meaning ''Gula Times'') is a former Norwegian newspaper. It was established in 1904 by Johannes Lavik, and disestablished in 1996. During World War II in response to the censorship of the occupying forces the paper temporarily ...

'' from 1904. He edited '' Bondebladet'' from 1919 to 1925. Johannes Lavik was a brother of Member of Parliament Andreas Lavik and actor

Dore Lavik Dorotheus Olivarius Lavik a.k.a. Dore Lavik (4 June 1863 – 18 June 1908) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He worked as an actor at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen from 1895, and chaired the theatre Sekondteatret in Kristiania f ...

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1856 births 1929 deaths People from Vaksdal Norwegian newspaper editors {{Norway-journalist-stub