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About Rolv Høiland
- Rolv Høiland (26 September 1926 – 2001) was a Norwegian magazine editor. He was born in Stavanger, and started his career as a journalist there.
- He later enrolled at the University of Oslo.
- He was a sub-editor for the military newspapers Mannskapsavisa and Militær Orientering, and was promoted to editor-in-chief in 1953.
- He later took up other tasks, and was editor-in-chief of Forsvarets Forum from 1980 to 1983.
- The magazine was started in 1980 as a continuation of Mannskapsavisa.
- He was a board member of the Norwegian Press Association from 1975 to 1988 and of Periodisk Presses Redaktørforening.Høiland also helped start the men's magazine Vi Menn in 1951.
- He contributed mainly with military topics here as well.
- After withdrawing from Forsvarets Forum in 1983, at which time he criticized active military officers in general for not taking part in the public debate, he rejoined Vi Menn as a freelance writer.
- He also contributed with military articles to the encyclopedia Cappelens leksikon between 1982 and 1987.
- He has written humorous books, and wrote Per Røed: den ukjente sabotør about the saboteur Per Røed.
- He was also press director for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1966.He resided in Jar in his later life.
- He died in October 2001 following long-term illness.
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