''Samtiden'' is a Norwegian political and literary magazine.

History and profile

''Samtiden'' was founded by Jørgen Brunchorst and Gerhard Gran in 1890. The magazine's first publisher was ''John Griegs forlag'' (

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

), and from 1900

Aschehoug H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), commonly known as Aschehoug,() is one of the largest independent publishing companies in Norway, founded in 1872. Headquartered in Oslo, the publishing house has 480 employees. The Aschehoug group also comprises o ...

(

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

). Gran was the magazine's editor from 1892 to 1925. As of 2002

Thomas Hylland Eriksen Geir Thomas Hylland Eriksen (6 February 1962 – 27 November 2024) was a Norwegian anthropologist known for his scholarly and popular writing on globalization, culture, identity, ethnicity, and nationalism. He was Professor of Social Anthropolo ...

was the

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

of the magazine. Cathrine Sandnes was editor-in-chief since 2006 to 2014. ''Samtiden'' is a member of the

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network.

Editors

*1892–1925: Gerhard Gran *1925–1963: Jacob Worm-Müller (except 1940–1942) *1940–1942: Andreas Hofgaard Winsnes *1963–1969: John Sanness *1969–1979:

Torkel Opsahl Torkel Opsahl (17 March 1931 in Stavanger — 16 September 1993 in Geneva) was a Norwegian human rights scholar, professor of the University of Oslo since 1965 and head of the board of its Human Rights Institute since 1987. From 1970 to 1984, he wa ...

*1979–1988: Editorial committee (including Helge Rønning, and others) *1989–1993:

Trond Berg Eriksen Trond Berg Eriksen (born 3 October 1945) is a Norwegian historian of ideas, non-fiction writer and magazine editor. He was born in Øvre Eiker in Buskerud. His thesis, from 1975, was on the ethics of Aristoteles. He was appointed professor at the ...

*1993–2001:

*2001–2006: Knut Olav Åmås *2006–2014: Cathrine Sandnes *2014–2016: Different editor for each issue: ** 4/2014: Lena Lindgren ** 1/2015: Espen Søbye ** 2/2015: Simen Ekern ** 3/2015: ** 4/2015: Torgrim Eggen ** 1/2016: Marta Breen ** 2/2016: Christian Kjelstrup ** 3–4/ 2016: *2017–2022: Christian Kjelstrup *2022– : Magne Lerø

References

External links

Official website
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