Roald Storsletten

Roald Storsletten
Born(1915-02-09)9 February 1915[1]
Bodø, Norway[1]
Died6 February 1991(1991-02-06) (aged 75)
Occupationnewspaper editor
Known forChief editor of Dagbladet
Chair of the Association of Norwegian Editors

Roald Storsletten (9 February 1915 – 6 February 1991) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was chief editor of the newspaper Dagbladet for more than two decades, and chaired the Association of Norwegian Editors.

Career

Born in Bodø on 9 February 1915, Storsletten was hired in the newspaper Dagbladet in 1940, was promoted to news editor in 1954 and served as chief editor from 1958 to 1980,[1] from 1973 jointly with Arve Solstad, and from 1977 also together with Jahn Otto Johansen.[2]

He chaired the Association of Norwegian Editors from 1966 ro 1971.[1]

Storsletten died in Oslo on 6 February 1991, at the age of 75.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Roald Storsletten". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  2. ^ Eide, Martin. "Dagbladet". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
Media offices
Preceded by Chief editor of Dagbladet
1959–1980
(joint with Helge Seip until 1965,
Arve Solstad since 1973,
Jahn Otto Johansen since 1977) 		Succeeded by
Arve Solstad
Jahn Otto Johansen


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