Torgils Lovra (17 November 1909 – 11 January 1998) was a Norwegian editor. He was born in Erfjord as a son of farmers. He finished his secondary education at Rogaland landsgymnas in 1933. During the

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, he joined the Fascist party

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. In November 1941 he was installed as editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''

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''. In 1944 he briefly edited the magazine ''I fritiden'', an organ for the welfare organization Sol i Arbeid. He also wrote poetry. In 1944 he was enlisted as a German agent by Rolf Arthur Jensen, a Norwegian journalist working for ''Referat III F'' of the

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. Lovra received the agent name Kristoffer and sent to Sweden. He was to infiltrate Norwegian resistance groups and to report to the

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. Little came from his efforts, according to historian Tore Pryser. In 1961 he started the apolitical newspaper ''Nesodden Budstikke'', a

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for

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. It went defunct after four issues. He died in January 1998.Death announcement, ''Stavanger Aftenblad'' 17 January 1998, p. 51

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1909 births 1998 deaths Journalists from Oslo Members of Nasjonal Samling Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian expatriates in Sweden 20th-century Norwegian writers {{Norway-bio-stub