Geir Berdahl

Geir Berdahl (born 19 June 1945) is a Norwegian publisher, the leader of Forlaget Oktober for 35 years.

Life and career Berdahl was born in Trondheim, and subsequently moved to Oslo with his mother and three siblings. He graduated as mag.art in literature from the University of Oslo in 1974. From 1974 to 1979 he was running the bookshop Tronsmo. He was chief executive officer of the publishing house Forlaget Oktober from 1979 to 2015.

From 2003 to 2006 he was chairman of the board of the newspaper Klassekampen, and he chaired the Norwegian Publishers' Association a period from 2005.