Jostein Nyhamar (23 September 1922 – 30 July 1993) was a Norwegian magazine editor, biographer and politician for the Labour Party.

Life and career

Jostein Nyhamar was born in

Nedre Eiker Nedre Eiker was a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Eiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mjøndalen. The old municipality of Eiker was divided into ''Nedre Eiker' ...

on 23 September 1922. He edited the weekly magazine ''

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'' from 1959 to 1974, and '' Forbrukerrapporten'' from 1974 to 1986. He has written a biography of

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as well as volume six of the series ''

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'', which covers the history of the Norwegian labour movement from 1965 to 1990. He also chaired

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Labour Party. He died on 30 July 1993 in Bærum.

Selected works

*''Politikk for fremtiden'' 1967 *''Demokratisk sosialisme'' 1976 *''Kjerringer mot strømmen og andre tanker'', 1981 *''Einar Gerhardsen'', two volumes, 1982 and 1983 *''Nye utfordringer (1965–1990)'', volume 6 of ''

'', 1990 *''Med rødt blekk'', 1992

References

1922 births 1993 deaths People from Buskerud Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian male writers Norwegian male biographers Labour Party (Norway) politicians Bærum politicians 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian biographers 20th-century Norwegian journalists {{norway-writer-stub