Olaf Gjerløw

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Jens Olaf Gjerløw, ca. 1935.

Jens Olaf Gjerløw (20 March 1885 – 5 December 1949) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was editor for the newspaper Morgenbladet from 1920 until his death in 1949, except for a period in German prisons during World War II.[1]

Personal life

Gjerløw was born in

Henrik Bernhard Jæger. He was the maternal grandfather of Socialist politician Tora Aasland.[1]

Career

Gjerløw

Grini concentration camp from 13 September to 8 October, then at Akershus Fortress for a week, then at Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel from 16 October 1941 to April 1942.[2] He was released, but kept under close scrutiny, and Morgenbladet was stopped between 1943 and 1945. Gjerløw was then editor again from 1945 to his death, when he was succeeded by Rolv Werner Erichsen.[1][3]

He also wrote the conservative-tinted history work Norges politiske historie, released in three volumes between 1934 and 1936.

Conservative Party supporter; he advocated broad political cooperation and was against NATO membership. He died in December 1949 in Oslo.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Bonde, Arne. "Olaf Gjerløw". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  2. ISBN 82-15-00288-9
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  3. ^ Hjeltnes, Guri. "Werner Erichsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  4. ISBN 82-02-04991-1
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