''Ukens Revy'' (roughly "Weekly Review") was a
Norwegian periodical, published in
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 ...
.
History and profile
''Ukens Revy'' was founded in September 1914 as a conservative-leaning literary and political periodical. The first editor was
Hjalmar Christensen,
who co-edited with
Ronald Fangen and
Victor Mogens
Victor Andreas Emanuel Mogens (16 August 1886 – 17 January 1964) was a Norwegian journalist, editor and politician for the Fatherland League (Norway), Fatherland League.
Pre-war life and career
He was born in Bergen, and grew up in Bergen, Tro ...
.
From issue #5/1914 Mogens took over the editor chair. It was published by Helge Erichsen & Co. until 1 January 1916, when it was taken over by a limited company. The limited company ''A/S Ukens Revys nye Aktieselskap'' took over on 1 January 1920. In 1920, it had five employees and was published every Friday. The board of directors at the time consisted of
C. J. Hambro,
Peter Andreas Morell
Peter Andreas Amundsen Morell (1 January 1868 – 30 January 1948) was a Norwegian farmer and politician.
Peter Morell was born in Aker (now Akershus), Norway. He was the son of Ole Amundsen (1827–85) and Johanna Gustava Kjelin (1844†...
and
Rolf Bye.
[
Hambro took over as editor-in-chief in 1921,][ Mogens would belong to ]Fedrelandslaget
The Fatherland League () was a Norwegian right-wing, anti-communist and nationalist political organisation in the interwar period. Founded in 1925, the movement aimed to unite all centre-to-right forces against the rise of the revolutionary Marx ...
, whose views clashed with those of Hambro. Hambro remained editor until 1929.[
]
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