Per Edgar Kokkvold

Last updated
Per Edgar Kokkvold
Per Edgar Kokkvold.jpg
Born (1946-03-26) 26 March 1946 (age 79)
Røros Municipality, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Occupation(s)Journalist, chair of the Norwegian Broadcasting Council
Awards Fritt Ord Honorary Award, 2013

Per Edgar Kokkvold (born 26 March 1946) is a Norwegian journalist, former editor and secretary-general of the Norwegian Press Association, and current chair of the Norwegian Broadcasting Council.

Kokkvold was born in Røros Municipality. He spent most of his career in Arbeiderbladet , where he was foreign news commentator from 1973 to 1984, foreign news editor from 1984 to 1991 and editor (not editor-in-chief) from 1991 to 1996. He was the secretary-general of the Norwegian Press Association from 1996, [1] [2] [3] until succeeded by Kjersti Løken Stavrum in 2013. [4] He was in 2014 elected to chair the Norwegian Broadcasting Council for the period 2014 to 2017. [5]

In 2006, controversy arose when Kokkvold advocated publishment of the Muhammad cartoons. [6] He received several death threats related to the controversy and needed police protection for long periods. [7]

In 2013 he was awarded the Fritt Ord Honorary Award for his fight for free speech and his commentary on media ethics and journalistic practice. [7] He was awarded the inaugural Gunnar Sønsteby memorial prize together with Kristin Solberg in 2015. [8]

Kokkvold resides in Drøbak, Norway.

References

  1. ↑ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Per Edgar Kokkvold". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Redaktør Per Edgar Kokkvold (50) blir Norsk Presseforbunds (NP) nye generalsekretær". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 21 June 1996. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "Norsk Presseforbund". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "Kjersti Løken Stavrum overtar etter Kokkvold". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 12 April 2013.
  5. ↑ regjeringen.no Per Edgar Kokkvold ny leiar for Kringkastingsrådet
  6. ↑ Hauge, Jeanette P. (4 February 2006). "Kokkvold "skytes" i video". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  7. 1 2 Kjersti Nipen (14 May, 2013): Fritt Ords Honnør til Kokkvold og Øy (in Norwegian) Aftenposten , retrieved 16 June, 2013
  8. ↑ "Kristin Solberg og Per Edgar Kokkvold får Gunnar Sønstebys minnepris". Aftenposten. 5 January 2015.
Media offices
Preceded by Secretary-general of the Norwegian Press Association
1996–2013		Succeeded by


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.