Henrik Jørgen Schibsted Huitfeldt

Henrik Jørgen Schibsted Huitfeldt (8 January 1907 – 1979) was a Norwegian newspaper editor.

Personal life

He was born in Kristiania as a son of physician Hans L. C. Huitfeldt (1876–1969) and Gudrun Schibsted (1881–1966).[1] He was a paternal grandson of Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas and maternal grandson of Amandus Schibsted.

In 1935 he married Sofie Helene Wigert, but the marriage was dissolved. In 1949 he married Anita Wimmer.[1]

Career

He finished his secondary education in 1926 and took economics at Oxford University in 1929.[1] He was hired in Aftenposten in 1930. Here he was promoted to subeditor in 1935 and editor-in-chief in 1945. He retired in 1973.[2]

During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Huitfeldt was imprisoned by the Nazi authorities and held in Grini concentration camp from 13 January to 24 December 1942.[3]

He was decorated as an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[1] He died in 1979.[2]

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References

Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Huitfeldt, Henrik Jørgen Schibsted". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 261. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
"Henrik Jørgen Schibsted Huitfeldt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 March 2014.
Ottosen, Kristian, ed. (1995). Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 304. ISBN 82-15-00288-9.

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Preceded by Henry E. Endsjø	Chief editor of Aftenposten 1945–1973 (joint with six other people interchangeably)	Succeeded by Hans Vatne Reidar Lunde

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[hvem-1] Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Huitfeldt, Henrik Jørgen Schibsted". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 261. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

[snl-2] "Henrik Jørgen Schibsted Huitfeldt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 March 2014.

[3] Ottosen, Kristian, ed. (1995). Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 304. ISBN 82-15-00288-9.