Tim Greve (20 February 1926 – 27 April 1986) was a Norwegian historian, biographer, civil servant, diplomat and newspaper editor.
Personal life
Greve was born in Bergen on 20 February 1926,[1] as the son of consul Arent Wittendorph Greve (1892–1950) and Anna Gade (1900–1977). His brother Egil Gade Greve was a notable businessman, and Tim Greve was also a distant descendant of Arent Jansen Greve. In 1954 he married jurist Marit Nansen, daughter of architect Odd Nansen[2] and granddaughter of Eva and Fridtjof Nansen.[3] They resided at Fornebu in Bærum, incidentally in the road Fridtjof Nansens vei.[4]
He was chief editor for the newspaper Verdens Gang from 1978 to 1986. In 1978, two long-serving co-editors Oskar Hasselknippe and Vegard Sletten resigned, but Greve had Andreas Norland as a co-editor. During Greve's period as editor-in-chief Verdens Gang became the largest newspaper in Norway, surpassing Aftenposten in 1981.[6] Reportedly, Greve was not genuinely content with this development. He viewed sensationalist journalism, which reached the front page of Verdens Gang now and then, with dismay.[2] From 1982 he chaired the Broadcasting Council. He was succeeded by Helge Seip on 1 January 1986.[7]
Greve wrote several books. His biography of his wife's grandfather, polar explorer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Fridtjof Nansen, was published in two volumes in 1973 and 1974. He wrote two volumes on World War II in Bergen, Bergen i krig I-II (1978–1979), and a book on espionage in Norway prior to the war, Spionjakt i Norge (1982). From 1982 to his death he was the deputy board chairman of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.[2]
