Arne Hoffstad
Arne Hoffstad (21 September 1900 – 26 September 1980) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and Conservative Party politician. Born in Sandefjord, the son of a botanist, he became the editor of the local Sandefjords Blad newspaper.
Early life[edit]
He was born in Sandefjord, the son of Olaf Alfred Hoffstad (1865–1943) and his second wife Birgitte Lucie Richter (born 1868).[1][2] He was a half-brother of Einar Hoffstad.[3] He had commerce school by education, and was hired as a sub-editor in Sandefjords Blad in 1925.[4] From 2 January 1931 he was the editor-in-chief of Sandefjords Blad. He doubled as manager, but withdrew as such in 1964. In 1971 he celebrated his 40th anniversary as editor-in-chief.[5]
Hoffstad was also an active politician, and chaired the Norwegian Young Conservatives from 1937 to 1940. He was a national board member of the Conservative Party, chaired Sandefjord Conservative Party[6] and was a member of Sandefjord city council.[4]
Hoffstad founded Høyres Bladeierforening in 1935, and was chairman here for 20 years. He was a board member of the Norsk Bladeierforening from 1937 and chairman from 1951 to 1953. He also chaired the Norske Avisers Landsforbund from 1952 to 1953, was a board member of the Norwegian News Agency and board member and deputy chairman of Avisenes Informasjonskontor from 1954 to 1970.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Holmboe, Jens (1934). "Hoffstad, Olaf Alfred". In Jansen, Einar (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. VI (1st ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 183–84.
- ^ Hoffstad, Einar, ed. (1939). "Hoffstad, Arne". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (2nd ed.). Oslo: Halvorsen & Larsen. p. 384.
- ^ Tellefsen, T. S., ed. (1933). Studentene fra 1883. Et fest- og minneskrift ved 50-års studenterjubileet 1933 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Det Mallingske Bogtrykkeri. pp. 58–59. OCLC 752999888.
- ^ a b Solheim, John, ed. (1950). Pressefolk. Biografiske opplysninger om Norsk Presseforbunds medlemmer (in Norwegian) (3rd ed.). Oslo: Norwegian Press Association. p. 49. OCLC 62624370.
- ^ Thorsen, Øyvind (31 December 1970). "Lokalavisen aldri sterkere enn idag". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 5.
- ^ a b "Arne Hoffstad". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 27 September 1980. p. 19.
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