Harald Stanghelle (born 13 January 1956) is a Norwegian newspaper editor.

Harald Stanghelle, 2018

Career edit

He was born in Vaksdal.[1] He started his career as a journalist when still a teenager, and left school after primary school.[2] His first role was that of editor of Vaksdalsnytt at the age of 19.[3] He was then a journalist in Arbeiderbladet from 1982 to 1991, and in Aftenposten from 1991. Here he spent one year as news editor, from 1994 to 1995, before being editor-in-chief for the national newspaper Dagbladet from 1995 to 2000. In 2000 he became political editor of Aftenposten.[1] In 2009 he was elected as chair of the Association of Norwegian Editors, succeeding Stein Gauslaa.[4]

He was also the former Vice-President of the World Editors Forum until February 2011 and is since April 2011 a board member of the Global Editors Network.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Harald Stanghelle". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Stanghellianismen". Dagbladet. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  3. ^ Fidjestøl, Alfred (12 February 2005). "Ein klassereisande kreol". Klassekampen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
  4. ^ Olsson, Terje I. (24 April 2009). "Stanghelle ny NR-leder". Journalisten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  5. ^ "Global Editors Network board members". Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
Media offices
Preceded by Chief editor of Dagbladet
1995–2000
Succeeded by