Kjartan Rødland

Kjartan Rødland
Kjartan Rødland
Born	29 November 1938; Bolstadøyri, Voss
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Journalist and newspaper editor
Awards	King's Medal of Merit (2012)

Kjartan Rødland (born 29 November 1938) is a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor, and author of several books.

Career

Rødland was born in the village of Bolstadøyri in Voss. He started working as journalist from 1956, first in the newspaper Dagen, and then in Raumnes from 1957. He worked for the Bodø newspaper Nordlands Framtid from 1960 to 1963, for Helgeland Arbeiderblad from 1963 to 1967, for Fædrelandsvennen in Kristiansand from 1967 to 1969, and for Bergens Tidende from 1969 to 1971. From 1972 to 1977 he was appointed head of the communications department in the municipality of Bergen. He was chief editor of the newspaper Bergens Tidende from 1977 to 1986. He has written more than thirty books, mostly on regional issues.[1]

Rødland was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in 2012.[1][2]

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References

Garvik, Olav. "Kjartan Rødland". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
"Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer". kongehuset.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 December 2019.

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Preceded by Ingemund Fænn	Chief editor of Bergens Tidende 1977–1986	Succeeded by Einar Eriksen

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[snl-1] Garvik, Olav. "Kjartan Rødland". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

[2] "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer". kongehuset.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 December 2019.