Jørgen Hustad

Jørgen Ludolf Pedersen Hustad (29 January 1896 – 31 May 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.[1] As editor he was sentenced to 90 days of light detention for encouraging the 1924 military strike.[2] 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. He left the editor's chair in 1959,[3] but continued as a journalist until his retirement.[4] 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 continued campaigning politically after his 75th birthday, among others as an activist for the proposed Norwegian European Communities membership in 1972.[4]

He died in 1978.[4][5] His daughter married Erik Ribu.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Hustad, Jørgen". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 262. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Maurseth, Per (1987). Gjennom kriser til makt 1920-1935. Volume three of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. p. 502. ISBN 82-10-02753-0.
  3. ↑ Ved en milepel. Smakebiter av en avishistorie (in Norwegian). Bergen: Bergens Arbeiderblad. 1977. p. 76.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Jørgen Hustad (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 2 June 1978. p. 2.
  5. ↑ Death announcement, Aftenposten 1 June 1978 p. 15
Media offices
Preceded by
Torstein Selvik
(co-editor until 1958)		 Chief editor of Bergens Arbeiderblad
1950–1959 		Succeeded by
Per Bratland