Per Kristian Norvik (born February 10, 1938) is a Norwegian journalist and editor.

Biography

Per Kristian Norvik was born in

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, Norway on February 10, 1938. He is the older brother of businessman Harald Norvik and a cousin of politician Erling Norvik. Norvik began his medical studies in 1957, but dropped out in 1959 to become a journalist at ''

Morgenbladet is Norway's oldest daily newspaper, covering politics, culture and science, now a weekly news magazine primarily directed at well-educated readers. The magazine is notable for its opinion section featuring contributions exclusively from Norweg ...

''. From 1965 to 1970 he worked at ''

Aftenposten (; ; stylized as in the masthead) is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation as well as Norway's newspaper of record. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 daily copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen ...

''. Since 1970 he worked as editor at ''Arbeidsgiveren'' (1970-1972), and as a political journalist at

NRK The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-run, government-influenced radio and television public broadcasting company. The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...

(1972-1978). Norvik joined ''

Verdens Gang (), generally known under the abbreviation ''VG'', is a Norway, Norwegian Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper. In 2016, circulation numbers stood at 93,883, declining from a peak circulation of 390,510 in 2002. Nevertheless, ''VG'' is ...

'' in 1978, where he worked as associate editor (1978-1986), and political editor (1986-1993). In November 1993 Norvik left ''Verdens Gang'' together with its editor Einar Hanseid, becoming political editor at ''Aftenposten'' (1993-2000). He functioned as the acting editor-in-chief at Aftenposten in the absence of Hanseid. As an editor Norvik became well known for his taciturnity and avoidance of the public spotlight, which inspired Norwegian public figures to entrust him with confidential information. He was for many years one of the most prominent political journalists in Norway. Norvik announced his intention to leave ''Aftenposten'' in April 2000, in what was considered a surprise move among politicians and fellow journalists. He has subsequently worked as a political commentator at TV 2, '' TV 2 Nettavisen'' and Kanal 24.

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1938 births Living people Aftenposten people Morgenbladet people NRK people Norwegian newspaper editors People from Vadsø TV 2 (Norway) people Verdens Gang people {{Norway-journalist-stub