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Olav Midttun
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Olav Midttun

Norwegian magazine editor and broadcasting director

Olav Midttun (8 April 1883 – 5 January 1972) was a Norwegian philologist, biographer, magazine editor, and media executive. He edited the cultural magazine Syn og Segn for more than fifty years, and was the first national program director of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).2

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Born Apr 8, 1883, died Jan 5, 1972.1

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Career

Occupation: linguist, biographer, editing staff, philologist.8

Graduating as cand.mag. in 1910, Midttun lectured at the University of Oslo from 1917 to 1934.

He edited the cultural magazine Syn og Segn for more than fifty years, from 1908 to 1960. He was program manager of NRK from its start in 1933. He was fired in 1940 by the Nazi regime during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, and returned after the Second World War as program manager from 1945 to 1947. He was later a professor at the University of Oslo, and wrote several biographies. He was also a member of Bærum municipal council.

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Personal life

  • BornApr 8, 1883, Mauranger9
  • DiedJan 5, 1972, Bærum Municipality10
  • CitizenshipNorway11
  • ResidenceBærum Municipality12

Midttun was born in Mauranger as a son of teacher Jørgen Midttun (1855–1938) and Marta Øvrehus (1847–1920). He was a brother of Gisle Midttun. He was married twice, first from October 1909 to Mietze Bentsen, née Sandkuhl (1877–1942), then from 1950 to Borghild Skarmann.

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Awards

  • 1951Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav‎13 14

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