Vegard Sletten, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vegard Sletten

Norwegian newspaper editor

Date of Birth: 08-May-1907

Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 17-Dec-1984

Profession: writer, biographer, contributing editor, journalist, trade unionist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Vegard Sletten (8 May 1907 – 17 December 1984) was a Norwegian newspaper editor.
He worked in Stavanger Aftenblad from 1929 to 1945, except for the World War II years during parts of which he was imprisoned, and then in Verdens Gang from 1945.
He edited the latter newspaper from 1967 to 1977, and chaired both the Norwegian Union of Journalists and the Norwegian Press Association.
Like his father Klaus Sletten he was also a Nynorsk supporter.