Jørgen Hustad

Jørgen Ludolf Pedersen Hustad (29 January 1896 – 1978) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.

He was born in Gildeskål as a son of laborer Petter Hustad (1856–1947) og Helene Sofie Jensen (1859–1933). He had commerce school, and worked as a laborer in Narvik from 1910 to 1914. He married in 1916.[1]

In 1915 he was hired as manager of the newspaper Nordlys, soon advancing to editor-in-chief. In 1917 he was hired in the Halden office of Smaalenenes Socialdemokrat. He moved on to Østfold Arbeiderblad and was the editor-in-chief of that newspaper from 1922 to 1927. He was a member of Halden city council from 1923 to 1928, and deputy mayor in 1928.[1]

After running a business in Kristiansand from 1929 to 1934, and then returned to Smaalenenes Socialdemokrat as editor-in-chief from 1935 to 1942. After the Second World War the newspaper resurfaced again, with the name Demokraten and with Jørgen Hustad as editor in 1945.[1] From 1950 he was the co-editor of Bergens Arbeiderblad; from 1958 the sole editor but he left in 1959.[2] He was a member of Fredrikstad city council from 1938 to 1949 and Bergen city council from 1952 to 1967. He chaired Bergen Port Authority from 1965 to 1967.[1]

He died in 1978.[3] His daughter married Erik Ribu.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed (1973). "Hustad, Jørgen" (in Norwegian). Hvem er hvem?. Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 262. http://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1973/0262.html. Retrieved 18 September 2011. 
  2. ^ (in Norwegian) Ved en milepel. Smakebiter av en avishistorie. Bergen: Bergens Arbeiderblad. 1977. p. 76. 
  3. ^ "Jørgen Hustad (obituary)" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten: p. 2. 2 June 1978. 
Media offices
Preceded by
Torstein Selvik
(co-editor until 1958)		 Chief editor of Bergens Arbeiderblad
1950–1959		 Succeeded by
Per Bratland