Halle Jørn Hanssen

Halle Jørn Hanssen (born 18 February 1937) is a Norwegian television correspondent, development aid administrator and politician.

He was born in Brønnøy Municipality, and worked as a teacher in Vinje Municipality before enrolling at the University of Oslo. He graduated with the cand.mag. degree in 1964, and worked as a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs from 1965 up to and including 1968. Having been the chairman of the Young Liberals of Norway from 1964 to 1966, in early 1969 he was hired as secretary for the Liberal Party. Immediately after the 1969 election he was hired in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. As a correspondent he was stationed in Nairobi. and the Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development. He resides at Høvik.