About Hjalmar Waage
Lived 1892 – 1939 (aged 46–47). Hjalmar Waage was a Norwegian journalist and writer.
Hjalmar Waage (8 February 1892 – 1939) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and writer.
He was born in Bergen, and joined the Norwegian Labour Party in 1908. He became editor-in-chief of Arbeidets Ret in 1913, sub-editor of Fremtiden in 1915 before being hired in Social-Demokraten in 1920. He then edited Arbeider-Avisa from 1924 to 1925 before being hired in Arbeiderbladet. He was promoted to subeditor after a while, and edited the associated magazine Lørdagskvelden from 1935 to his death.
Waage also chaired Oslo arbeidersamfund in 1922. He was a board member of the Norwegian Press Association from 1930 to 1931.
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Norwegian newspaper editor and writer (1892–1939)
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Hjalmar Waage was born on 8 February 1892 in Bergen.
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Hjalmar Waage died in 1939.
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Hjalmar Waage was a journalist and writer.
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