Johannes Kringlebotn

Johannes Kringlebotn (3 July 1898 – 1959) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He edited Folketanken and, during the Nazi era in Norway, Stavanger Aftenblad. After serving a treason sentence he returned in the 1950s to edit the historical revisionist newspaper Folk og Land. He was involved in politics and organizational life in the interwar period, and was also among Norway's top-ten middle distance runners.

Early life and career He was born in Bergen, but grew up in Østfold and Aust-Agder. His father was the manager of Holt Agricultural School. He was a brother of politician Berge Helle Kringlebotn. He was a member of Noregs Ungdomslag and Noregs Mållag during his younger days, and also competed for the sports club IL i BUL. He started his journalistic career in local newspapers as well as Den 17de Mai and Morgenbladet. He edited the Risør newspaper Folketanken from 1923, succeeding Andreas Hansson. and in 1941 he was hired as editor of Stavanger Aftenblad as it was usurped by Nazis and Sven Oftedal was fired. He was editor from 18 April 1941 to 27 June 1942. The prosecutor wanted eight years of forced labour and confiscation of money, but in the Gulating Court of Appeal in August 1946 he was sentenced for treason to four years of forced labour. None of his money was confiscated. He was acquitted for several of the trial points. Kringlebotn died in 1959.