Per Wendelbo Per Wendelbo (5 September 1866 – 26 February 1937) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born as Peder Haraldsen in

Skien Skien () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsjø area and Bø. The administrative ...

as a son of Peder Haraldsen, Sr. (1813–1887) og Caroline Mathilde Pedersen (1828–1907). In May 1890 in

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he married Swedish citizen Ellen Lindquist (1865–1952). He took the

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degree in 1889. He edited the weekly magazine ''Norske Gutter'' from 1897 to 1917, was the foreign affairs editor in ''

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'' from 1900 to 1918, then editor and chief administrative officer of the

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from 1918 to 1937. He also chaired the

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from 1916 to 1919 and 1921 to 1923.

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* 1866 births 1937 deaths People from Skien Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian newspaper editors {{Norway-writer-stub