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Rolv Werner Erichsen

1899 – 1988

Editor of the Morgenbladet newspaper

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Lived 1899 – 1988 (aged 88). Rolv Werner Erichsen was a Norwegian newspaper editor and editor.

Rolv Werner Erichsen (2 December 1899 – 22 August 1988) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in Holt Municipality outside Tvedestrand in Nedenes county. After a failed examen artium in 1919 he decided to make a journalistic career, and was employed as a night assistant by the Morgenbladet newspaper. In the 1920s, Erichsen worked as a journalist in the Parliament of Norway, notably covering the impeachment case against former Prime Minister Abraham Berge in 1926 and 1927. He married Hella Tornøe the same year.

In the 1930s, Erichsen advanced positions in Morgenbladet; he became editorial secretary in 1932 and leader of the newspaper's news department in 1938. He was also leader of the editorial board together with Olaf Gjerløw. Following Gjerløw's imprisonment during the Second World War, Erichsen became alone responsible for Morgenbladet enterprise; he was its managing director from 1939 to 1947 and its editor-in-chief from 1941 to 1943. Eventually he was also sent to the Grini concentration camp by the German occupants, which meant the immediate cessation of Morgenbladet printings.

Erichsen returned to his business after the war, acting as editor-in-chief of Morgenbladet until 1958.

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Who was Rolv Werner Erichsen?

editor of the Morgenbladet newspaper (1899–1988)

When was Rolv Werner Erichsen born?

Rolv Werner Erichsen was born on 2 December 1899 in Holt Municipality, Tvedestrand Municipality.

When did Rolv Werner Erichsen die?

Rolv Werner Erichsen died on 22 August 1988 in Oslo, Oslo Municipality.

What was Rolv Werner Erichsen's occupation?

Rolv Werner Erichsen was a newspaper editor and editor.

What nationality was Rolv Werner Erichsen?

Rolv Werner Erichsen was Norwegian.

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· Wikipedia: Rolv Werner Erichsen

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