Tom Magnar Hetland (born 10 July 1954 in Sandnes) is a Norwegian journalist and editor.
He majored in history at the University of Bergen, with minors in Norwegian and Russian. While studying he was editor in Norsk Tidend . He also worked as a journalist in various minor newspapers.
He was hired as a journalist Stavanger Aftenblad in 1986 and became political editor in 1998. In 2002 he was appointed acting chief editor; the position was made permanent in 2003.
Hetland was chief editor of Stavanger Aftenblad from 2002 to 2011, and was succeeded by Lars Helle. [1]
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