Asbjørn Engen was a Norwegian newspaper editor and organizational leader.

In 1948 he was hired as secretary general in Landsforeningen mot kreft. It was newly founded at the time, and is since a 1998 merger known as the Norwegian Cancer Association

Norwegian Cancer Association

Norwegian Cancer Society is a non-profit organisation in Norway.It was established as Norsk Forening til Kreftens Bekjempelse in 1938, and took the current name when it merged with Landsforeningen mot Kreft in 1948. Its purpose is to help patients with cancer, increase awareness of cancer and to...

. In 1950 Engen moved on to become a journalist in Morgenposten

Morgenposten

Morgenposten is a former Norwegian newspaper, issued in Oslo from 1861 to 1971. It was the largest newspaper in Norway from the 1870s until the early 1900s, when its name was Christiania Nyheds- og Avertissements-Blad, also nicknamed Sværta....

. He became manager in 1951, and editor-in-chief in 1951. He withdrew from this position shortly before the takeover by industrialist Sverre Munck

Sverre Munck

-Early life and career:He was born in Høvik as the son of dean Oskar Albert Munck og Mathilde Munthe-Kaas . He was also a great-grandson of Johan Storm Munch. He grew up in Øygarden, took his examen artium at Frogner School in 1916 and a degree in electrical engineering at the Norwegian Institute...

. Between 1967 and the early 1980s he worked as information director in Scandinavian Airlines System

Scandinavian Airlines System

Scandinavian Airlines or SAS, previously Scandinavian Airlines System, is the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and the largest airline in Scandinavia....

 in Stockholm

Stockholm

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. He was a member of the board of directors of the Norwegian Journalist Academy for ten years. He was also a board member of Norske Avisers Landsforening, since a 1992 merger known as the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association

Norwegian Media Businesses' Association

The Norwegian Media Businesses' Association is an employers' organisation in Norway, organized under the national Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise.The current CEO is Arvid Sand. Chairman of the board is Ivar Rusdal....

,

He was decorated as Knight, First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland and the Order of the Dannebrog

Order of the Dannebrog

The Order of the Dannebrog is an Order of Denmark, instituted in 1671 by Christian V. It resulted from a move in 1660 to break the absolutism of the nobility. The Order was only to comprise 50 noble Knights in one class plus the Master of the Order, i.e. the Danish monarch, and his sons...

. He died in October 1985. Long after his death it became known that Libertas, a semi-secret libertarian organization, had owned Morgenposten (as well as Verdens Gang

Verdens Gang

Verdens Gang , generally known under the abbreviation VG, is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper...

) during his entire period as editor-in-chief. It has been said that Engen, with this backing, "politicized" the formerly "apolitical" newspaper.