Lars Sørensen (editor), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Lars Sørensen (editor)

Norwegian newspaper editor

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1905

Date of Death: 04-Jun-1987

Profession: engineer, politician, contributing editor

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Lars Sørensen (November 26, 1905 – 1987) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician in Drammen.Sørensen was born in Oslo, Norway.
He graduated from Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1929.
He was an electrical engineer by education, and also a nephew of Nils Mikael Raknerud (1881-1937), editor in the newspapers Drammens Tidende og Buskerud Blad.
He was a journalist at Drammen Tidende and Buskerud Blad 1934-1937.
In 1937, following the death of Raknerud, he succeeded as editor-in-chief of both newspapers.
He stepped down in 1945, only to return for a second period from 1961 to 1977.Sørensen served as a board member in the Drammen department of the Norwegian Engineering Association 1937-1941.
He was a member of Drammen city council from 1936 to 1945, except for a period from 1940 to 1945 during the Nazi German occupation of Norway.
He later returned as a councilman from 1951 to 1971.
From 1964 he was a member of Buskerud county council.