Arne Strand

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Arne Strand
Strand in 2007
Born(1944-03-17)17 March 1944
Died10 May 2023(2023-05-10) (aged 79)
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
Occupation(s)Journalist and editor,
Dagsavisen
Political partyNorwegian Labour Party

Arne Strand (17 March 1944 – 10 May 2023) was a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Labour Party. He was the political editor in the newspaper Dagsavisen until his death.

Strand graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.mag. degree in 1968. He worked as a journalist in Vårt Land from 1964 to 1966, in Arbeiderbladet from 1966 to 1976, and in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1976 to 1987. Between 1987 and 1989 he was a State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, as a part of Gro Harlem Brundtland's second cabinet.[1]

Having been political editor and news editor in his later years with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, in 1990 he was hired as political editor in Arbeiderbladet, which in 1997 changed its name to Dagsavisen.[1] He was acting editor-in-chief from 2004 to 2005[citation needed] and from 2009.[2] From 1999 to 2006 he chaired the Norwegian branch of the International Press Institute.[1]

Strand was the adoptive father of the television host Christian Strand.[citation needed]

Strand died on 10 May 2023, at the age of 79. He had been ill with cancer for 17 years prior to his death.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Knut Olav Åmås, ed. (2008). Hvem er hvem?. Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 558. ISBN 978-82-03-23561-0.
  2. ^ "Dagsavisen mister sjefredaktøren" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Arne Strand er død" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
Media offices
Preceded by Chief editor of Dagsavisen
2004–2005
(acting)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief editor of Dagsavisen
2009
(acting)
Incumbent