Steinar Hansson (31 May 1947 – 3 August 2004) was a Norwegian journalist and publisher. He was born in

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. He worked as editor in the publishing house Pax Forlag, and edited the newspaper ''

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'' from 1979. From 1983 he worked for the publishing house J.W. Cappelens Forlag. He was cultural editor for the newspaper ''

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'', and later for ''

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''. He was chief editor of ''Arbeiderbladet'' (renamed to ''

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'' in 1997) from 1995 to 2001 He was awarded The Great Journalist Prize in 1999.

Books

*''Operasjon Libanon. En reportasjebok om Israels okkupasjon av Sør-Libanon'', 1978 *''Sosialisme på norsk''. (Editor together with Rune Slagstad), 1981 *''Makt og mannefall. Historien om Gro Harlem Brundtland'', (with

Ingolf Håkon Teigene Ingolf Håkon Teigene (10 April 1949 – 12 June 2007) was a Norwegian journalist. Teigene hailed from Hareid Municipality. He started his career as a journalist, and was editor-in-chief of '' Ny Tid'' from 1982 to 1986, at that time a newspaper ...

), 1992 *''Fordømte forfattere og andre essays'', 1994 *''Johan Jørgen Holst'', 1994

References

1947 births 2004 deaths People from Asker Norwegian publishers (people) Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian non-fiction writers Dagsavisen editors {{norway-writer-stub