Per Wendelbo
For the botanist, see Per Erland Berg Wendelbo.
Per Wendelbo.
Per Wendelbo (5 September 1866 – 26 February 1937) was a Norwegian newspaper editor.
He was born as Peder Haraldsen in Skien as a son of Peder Haraldsen, Sr. (1813–1887) og Caroline Mathilde Pedersen (1828–1907). In May 1890 in Kalmar he married Swedish citizen Ellen Lindquist (1865–1952).[1]
He took the cand.jur. degree in 1889. He edited the weekly magazine Norske Gutter from 1897 to 1917, was the foreign affairs editor in Morgenbladet from 1900 to 1918, then editor and chief administrative officer of the Norwegian News Agency from 1918 to 1937. He also chaired the Norwegian Press Association from 1916 to 1919 and 1921 to 1923.[2]
References
- ↑ Ottosen, Rune. "Per Wendelbo". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ↑ "Per Wendelbo – pressemann". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
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| Preceded by Hans Volckmar |
Chairman of the Norwegian Press Association 1916–1919 |
Succeeded by Carl Jeppesen |
| Preceded by Carl Jeppesen |
Chairman of the Norwegian Press Association 1921–1923 |
Succeeded by Thoralf Pryser |
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