Hans Amundsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Amundsen

Norwegian writer

Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1885

Place of Birth: Vestre Aker, Eastern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 05-May-1967

Profession: politician, biographer, journalist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Hans Amundsen (23 March 1885 – 5 May 1967) was a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties. He was born in Vestre Aker.
He was a sub-editor in Fremtiden from 1907 to 1914, journalist in Social-Demokraten from 1914 to 1919, then editor-in-chief of Folket from 1919 to 1921.In 1921 the Social Democratic Labour Party split from the Labour Party, and Amundsen worked in their main organ Den Nye Social-Demokraten from 1921 to 1927.
The party reunited with Labour in 1927, and Amundsen returned to Arbeiderbladet (formerly Social-Demokraten) and spent the rest of his career there.He was also a local politician, biographer of Christopher Hornsrud (1939) and Trygve Lie (1946), and was a board member of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1935 to 1956.