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Arne Hoffstad (21 September 1900 – 26 September 1980) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and Conservative Party politician. Born in Sandefjord, the son of a botanist, he became the editor of the local Sandefjords Blad newspaper.

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

Conservative Party (Norway) Norwegian political party

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Sandefjord Municipality in Vestfold, Norway

Sandefjord (help·info) is the most populous city and municipality in Vestfold County, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the city of Sandefjord. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on January 1, 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on January 1, 1968. On January 1, 2017, rural municipalities of Andebu and Stokke were merged into Sandefjord as part of a nationwide municipal reform.

Early life

He was born in Sandefjord, the son of Olaf Alfred Hoffstad (1865–1943) and his second wife Birgitte Lucie Richter (born 1868). [1] [2] He was a half-brother of Einar Hoffstad. [3] He had commerce school by education, and was hired as a sub-editor in Sandefjords Blad in 1925. [4] From 2 January 1931 he was the editor-in-chief of Sandefjords Blad. He doubled as manager, but withdrew as such in 1964. In 1971 he celebrated his 40th anniversary as editor-in-chief. [5]

Olaf Alfred Hoffstad Norwegian politician

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Einar Hoffstad was a Norwegian encyclopedist, newspaper editor, writer and economist. He remains best known as the editor of the encyclopedia Merkantilt biografisk leksikon and the business periodical Farmand. Although initially a classic liberal, Hoffstad embraced fascism and collectivism at the beginning of the Second World War.

Sandefjords Blad is a newspaper published daily in Sandefjord, Norway, except on Sundays. It is available in Norwegian language only. Sandefjords Blad is a private company, owned by Mecom with a circulation of 14,780 copies (2004) and 50 employees (2004).

Hoffstad was also an active politician, and chaired the Norwegian Young Conservatives from 1937 to 1940. He was a national board member of the Conservative Party, chaired Sandefjord Conservative Party [6] and was a member of Sandefjord city council. [4]

Norwegian Young Conservatives organization

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Hoffstad founded Høyres Bladeierforening in 1935, and was chairman here for 20 years. He was a board member of the Norsk Bladeierforening from 1937 and chairman from 1951 to 1953. He also chaired the Norske Avisers Landsforbund from 1952 to 1953, was a board member of the Norwegian News Agency and board member and deputy chairman of Avisenes Informasjonskontor from 1954 to 1970. [6]

The Norwegian Media Businesses' Association is an employers' organisation in Norway, organized under the national Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise.

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References

  1. ↑ Holmboe, Jens (1934). "Hoffstad, Olaf Alfred". In Jansen, Einar. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). VI (1st ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 183–84.
  2. ↑ Hoffstad, Einar, ed. (1939). "Hoffstad, Arne". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (2nd ed.). Oslo: Halvorsen & Larsen. p. 384.
  3. ↑ Tellefsen, T. S., ed. (1933). Studentene fra 1883. Et fest- og minneskrift ved 50-års studenterjubileet 1933 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Det Mallingske Bogtrykkeri. pp. 58–59. OCLC   752999888.
  4. 1 2 Solheim, John, ed. (1950). Pressefolk. Biografiske opplysninger om Norsk Presseforbunds medlemmer (in Norwegian) (3rd ed.). Oslo: Norwegian Press Association. p. 49. OCLC   62624370.
  5. ↑ Thorsen, Øyvind (31 December 1970). "Lokalavisen aldri sterkere enn idag". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 5.
  6. 1 2 "Arne Hoffstad". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 27 September 1980. p. 19.


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