Ivar Flem

Ivar Elias Kornelius Flem (8 January 1865 – 1948) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was chief editor of the newspaper Sunnmørsposten for nearly fifty years.

Personal life Flem was born on 8 January 1865 in Haram Municipality to Martinius Ingebrigtsen Flem and Oline Blindheim. In 1897 He married Nikoline Susanna Landmark. He was the father of Dagfinn Flem and Magne Flem.

Flem died in 1948. Sunnmørsposten became a daily newspaper from 1905, and was eventually regarded among the most important newspapers in the region. In 1946 his two sons Dagfinn and Magne took over as editors, and the newspaper was owned by the family until 1991.

Flem supported the Liberal Party. He was an eager advocate for the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden. He also supported the eight-hour day for employees, which he implemented in Sunnmørsposten, along with paid vacation. He was a member of the municipal council of Ålesund Municipality from 1914 to 1922. He also wrote two books, Mennesket naturbestemt and Determinismen.