Olav Larssen

Not to be confused with John Olav Larssen.

Olav Larssen (10 July 1894 – 5 July 1981) was a Norwegian newspaper editor.

He was a typographer by education. He edited the Labour Party newspapers Demokraten in Hamar from 1920 to 1927, and Hamar Arbeiderblad from 1927 to 1935. In 1935 he was hired as a journalist in Arbeiderbladet. In 1940, when Norway became invaded and occupied by Germany, Larssen was the acting news editor of Arbeiderbladet before it was stopped by the Germans. He co-edited the illegal Bulletinen from 1940 to 1942, but for this he was imprisoned.^[1] He was held at Møllergata 19 from January to April 1942, then at Grini until February 1943, and thereafter in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp until the war ended.^[2] From this period he wrote the section "Blant landsmenn i Sachsenhausen" ('Among fellow countrymen in Sachsenhausen') in the memoir book 3 fra Sachsenhausen (together with August Lange, Carl Johan Frederik Jakhelln and W. Winiarski).^[3]

Following the liberation of Norway in 1945, Larssen again became the news editor of Arbeiderbladet. He was editor-in-chief from 1949 to 1963.^[1]

He was the father of Randi Bratteli,^[4] and father-in-law of Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Larssen, Olav". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. http://www.snl.no/Olav_Larssen. 
2. ^ Giertsen, Børre R., ed (1946) (in Norwegian). Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene. Oslo: Cappelen. p. 102. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Helle, Egil. "Olav Larssen". In Helle, Knut (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Olav_Larssen/utdypning. Retrieved 15 June 2009. 
4. ^ "Bratteli, Randi". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. http://www.snl.no/Randi_Bratteli. 

Further reading

• Larssen, Olav (1969). Sti gjennom ulendt terreng. Læretid, partistrid, ny vekst. Oslo: Aschehoug

Media offices
Preceded by Torolv Kandahl	Chairman of the Norwegian Press Association 1946–1947	Succeeded by Rolv Werner Erichsen
Preceded by Martin Tranmæl	Chief editor of Arbeiderbladet 1949–1963	Succeeded by Reidar Hirsti

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Name	Larssen, Olav
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Date of birth	10 July 1894
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Date of death	5 July 1981
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