Ivar Tveit
Ivar Tveit (18 September 1880 – 1952) was a Norwegian newspaper editor.
He hailed from Hyllestad.[1] He edited the newspaper Velgeren from 1907 to 1925,[2] then from 1927 Sogns Avis in Vikøyri. In 1932 he started the newspaper Sogn in Leikanger, renamed Sogn og Fjordane in 1936. He edited the newspaper until 1947, except for a period during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany when he had to flee to Sweden.[3] The newspaper belonged to the Agrarian Party.
Tveit was also a member of the Defence Commission of 1920.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Jenssen, Jens Olai (2010). "Sogn og Fjordane". In Flo, Idar (ed.). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Volume four of Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 301. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.
- ^ Jenssen, Jens Olai (2010). "Velgeren". In Flo, Idar (ed.). Norske aviser fra A til Å. Volume four of Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 365. ISBN 978-82-15-01604-7.
- ^ "Ivar Tveit". Sogn og Fjordane fylkesleksikon (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ Ørvik, Nils (1960). Solidaritet eller nøytralitet?. Volume one of Sikkerhetspolitikken 1920–1939 (in Norwegian). Oslo: J. G. Tanum.
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