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Weber Skjærpe was born in Stavanger

Stavanger

Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...

, where he was a member of the Young Liberals of Norway in the 1960s. Skjærpe later graduated with the cand.polit.

Cand.polit.

Candidatus rerum politicarum , Candidata rerum politicarum , abbreviated cand.polit., is an academic degree within the fields of social sciences issued under the old education system in Denmark and Norway.-Denmark:...

degree in political science at the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

. He also taught political science and sociology at the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

and was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper Universitas

Universitas (newspaper)

Universitas is a student newspaper in Oslo, Norway, published since 1946. With a weekly circulation of 17,000, Universitas is one of Europe's largest student newspapers. It is distributed on campuses of institutions of higher learning, that are affiliated with the Student Welfare Organisation in Oslo...

from 1971 to 1972. Skjærpe worked as journalist for Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 11 years, before becoming cultural director for Stavanger Municipality

Stavanger

in 1985. Controversy arose when he stated that Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

did not deserve to host the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest, claiming it had "neglected the culture". The travel director of Oslo stated that his claim was wrong, pointing to Oslo Municipality's recent investments like Det Norske Teatret

Det Norske Teatret

Det Norske Teatret is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabløs. It opened in 1913, touring with two plays, Ervingen by Ivar Aasen and Rationelt Fjøsstell by Hulda Garborg...

.

In 1986 Skjærpe wanted to become editorial chief of NRK P1

NRK P1

NRK P1 is one of three nation-wide analogue radio channels operated by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation . It is the direct descendant of NRK's first radio station which began broadcasting in 1933...

. He instead returned to his position as a journalist in NRK before becoming editor-in-chief of A/S Avis. After A/S Avis was discontinued after a few months, Skjærpe became editor of Radio Nettverk. In 1992 Skjærpe was hired as a fellow worker for NRK Radio in Oslo. In 1994 he was hired as information manager for the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities

Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities

The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities is an employers' organisation in Norway.It was founded in 1972 as a merger between the Union of Norwegian Cities and the Norwegian Association of Rural Municipalities...

. In 1997 Weber Skjærpe was promoted to director of communications and strategy in the same association, where he has been ever since. Skjærpe was also the acting chief executive of the association in 2009. He took over from Olav Ulleren

Olav Ulleren

Olav Ulleren is a Norwegian organizational leader, civil servant and former politician for the Centre Party. A veterinary by education, he was a mayor and State Secretary during his political career, and has since made his mark as general director of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional...

, until Sigrun Vågeng

Sigrun Vågeng

Sigrun Elisabeth Vågeng is a Norwegian businessperson.She took her education at the University of Oslo in 1975, graduating as cand.mag., and took an MBA degree at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in 2001...

took over. Weber stayed in the association as director of communications and strategy.

Works

Selvstyre som system, 1977
Jakten på det gode liv, 1984
Arbeid for alle?, 1984

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