About Edmund Norén
Lived 1902 – 1983 (aged 80–81). Edmund Norén was a Norwegian writer and business manager.
Edmund Emil Norén (27 August 1902 – 1983) was a Norwegian media executive and politician for the Labour Party.
Biography He was born in Drøbak as a son of gardener Emil Johan Norén (1872–1930) and Ingeborg Andersen (1879–1941). He married a tailor's daughter in 1930.
His education was middle school. He started as an office clerk in Christiania Portland Cementfabrik in 1920. He started working for the labour movement as manager of Bergens Arbeiderblad in 1927, and went on to Fremtiden. Here he worked from 1930 to 1946, except for the period when the newspaper was shut down because of the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. After the war, he was the chief executive officer of from 1946 to 1955 and director of from 1956 to 1970.
In 1970 he was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav.
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Who was Edmund Norén?
Norwegian businessman
When was Edmund Norén born?
Edmund Norén was born on 27 August 1902 in Drøbak, Frogn Municipality.
When did Edmund Norén die?
Edmund Norén died in 1983 in Oslo Municipality.
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Edmund Norén was a writer and business manager.
What nationality was Edmund Norén?
Edmund Norén was Norwegian.
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