Lars Helle (born 1 November 1962) is a Norwegian journalist and editor. He was chief editor of ''

Rogalands Avis ''Rogalands Avis'' was a local newspaper published in Stavanger, Norway. History and profile ''Rogalands Avis'' was established in 1899. The paper was based in Stavanger and covers the southern Rogaland. A Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party ...

'' from 1996 to 2000. He was then hired in ''

Dagbladet () is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally it was considered the main liberal newspaper of Norway, with a ...

'', and held various mid-level leadership positions. When

Thor Gjermund Eriksen Thor Gjermund Eriksen (born 2 October 1966) is a Norwegian journalist and editor who was director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 2013 to 2022. Career Journalistic career Born in Oslo, he was hired as a journalist in ''Da ...

withdrew in March 2006, Helle became acting chief editor. He stepped down in August the same year when

Anne Aasheim Anne Aasheim (22 April 1962 – 30 March 2016) was a Norwegian editor. She was born in Porsgrunn and started her journalist career in the neighboring city's largest newspaper '' Varden'' in the late 1970s. She worked in '' Dagen'' and '' Bergens ...

was hired as the new editor. He held the position as ethics editor under Aasheim. In January 2010, Aasheim resigned and Helle became acting editor again. In May 2010 the position was made permanent. He resigned in the autumn of 2011 to become editor-in-chief of ''

Stavanger Aftenblad (; ) or simply ''Aftenbladet'' is a daily newspaper based in Stavanger, Norway, and owned by Schibsted Media Group. Norwegian owners held 42 percent of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015. is thus majority foreign-owned. History and ...

''. Helle was chief editor of ''Stavanger Aftenblad'' from 2012 to 2021, and was succeeded by

Kjersti Sortland Kjersti Sortland (born 23 November 1968) is a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and media executive. She edited the newspaper '' Budstikka'' from 2013 to 2021, and has been editor-in-chief of the newspaper '' Stavanger Aftenblad'' since 202 ...

. He is married to journalist Hilde Torgersen.

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