Per Håland
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Per Håland was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor, and proponent for the Nynorsk language. He was a journalist for Høyanger Avis from 1939 until the outbreak of World War II, and later for the newspapers Fjordabladet
, Verdens Gang
, Vest-Agder and Varden
. He was chief editor of the newspaper Gula Tidend
for 25 years, from 1954 to 1979.
Fjordabladet
Fjordabladet is a Norwegian newspaper, published three times a week in Nordfjordeid in Sogn og Fjordane county.It started on 10 July 1874 as Fjordenes Blad, the Liberal Party organ in the region Nordfjord. A driving force behind the establishment was Otto Blehr, and the first editor-in-chief was...
, Verdens Gang
Verdens Gang
Verdens Gang , generally known under the abbreviation VG, is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper...
, Vest-Agder and Varden
Varden
Varden is a local newspaper published in Skien, Norway. It was first established with a test issue on 17 December 1874, with Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg as its first editor-in-chief. It has a circulation of 27,341, of whom 25,859 are subscribers...
. He was chief editor of the newspaper Gula Tidend
Gula Tidend
Gula Tidend is a former Norwegian newspaper. It was established in 1904 by Johannes Lavik, and disestablished in 1996. The newspaper was a proponent for the Nynorsk language in Western Norway, located in Bergen....
for 25 years, from 1954 to 1979.