Odd Rikard Olsen

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Odd Rikard Olsen (18 June 1947 – 10 April 2012) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born in

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He was then editor-in-chief of Sør-Varanger Avis from 1982 to 1990 and Harstad Tidende from 1991 to 2004, then political editor in Harstad Tidende from 2004 until his death.[1]

He has been a board member of the Association of Norwegian Editors. In politics, he was a member of Finnmark county council from 1987 to 1990 and State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Syse's Cabinet.[1]

He died in April 2012 in his Harstad home.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Henriksen, Kjell Rune; Michalsen, Bård Borch (12 April 2012). "Odd Rikard Olsen er død". Harstad Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 8.