Tom Magnar Hetland (born 10 July 1954 in

Sandnes Sandnes () is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest municipality in Norway, and together the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sand ...

) is a Norwegian journalist and editor. He majored in history at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

, with minors in Norwegian and Russian. While studying he was editor in ''

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''. He also worked as a journalist in various minor newspapers. He was hired as a journalist ''

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'' in 1986 and became political editor in 1998. In 2002 he was appointed acting chief editor; the position was made permanent in 2003. Hetland was chief editor of ''Stavanger Aftenblad'' from 2002 to 2011, and was succeeded by Lars Helle.

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