Arne Strand
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| Born | 17 March 1944 |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and editor, Dagsavisen |
| Political party | Norwegian Labour Party (was State Secretary 1987-1989) |
Arne Strand (born 17 March 1944) is a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Labour Party. He is the current political editor in the newspaper Dagsavisen.
Strand graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.mag. degree in 1968. He worked as a journalist in Vårt Land from 1964 to 1966, in Arbeiderbladet from 1966 to 1976, and in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1976 to 1987. Between 1987 and 1989 he was a State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, as a part of Gro Harlem Brundtland's second cabinet.[1]
Having been political editor and news editor in his later years with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, in 1990 he was hired as political editor in Arbeiderbladet, which in 1997 changed its name to as Dagsavisen.[1] He was acting editor-in-chief from 2004 to 2005[citation needed] and from 2009.[2] From 1999 to 2006 he chaired the Norwegian branch of the International Press Institute.[1]
He is the adoptive father of the television host Christian Strand.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c Knut Olav Åmås, ed. (2008). Hvem er hvem?. Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 558. ISBN 978-82-03-23561-0.
- ^ "Dagsavisen mister sjefredaktøren" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
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