Trygve Ramberg (1 March 1932 – 31 May 2002) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in

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as a son of Birger Ramberg and Mathilde Fredriksen, and a brother of Knut Ramberg. He finished his secondary education in 1950, and was hired as a journalistic apprentice in ''

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'' and ''

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'' in the same year. After studies in California he was hired in ''

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'' in 1955. After a short period as PR director of Esso-Raffineriet Norge from 1958 he returned to ''Aftenposten'' in 1960. Here he was promoted to news editor in 1970 and editor-in-chief in 1978. He left in 1986 to work nine years as the chief executive officer of

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. According to his successor Terje Osmundsen, the publishing house had accumulated a deficit. Ramberg also chaired the

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in 1958, the

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from 1971 to 1975 and the

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from 1990 to 1998. In the Norwegian Publishers' Association he became a board member in 1987, vice chair in 1989 and chair from 1993 to 1996 before he left the board in 1998. He was also a board member of the

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from 1964 to 1966, the

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, the

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and the

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. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the

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in 1997. He died in 2002. He was married to Mona Lyche Ramberg, an accomplished translator and daughter of

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and Ingeborg Lyche, who died in 2005. The couple had two sons. They resided in Bærum.

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1932 births 2002 deaths People from Lillehammer University of Oslo alumni Norwegian newspaper editors Aftenposten editors Norwegian book publishers (people) Chairs of NRK 20th-century Norwegian translators {{Norway-journalist-stub