Tor Gjesdal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tor Gjesdal

Norwegian journalist and civil servant

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1909

Place of Birth: Dypvåg, Aust-Agder, Norway

Date of Death: 03-Jul-1973

Profession: journalist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Tor Gjesdal (24 October 1909 – 3 July 1973) was a Norwegian journalist and civil servant.
He was born in Dypvåg, and grew up in Sandnes.
He was a journalist in the newspaper 1ste Mai from 1929, and for Arbeiderbladet from 1936.
During World War II he was press counsellor for the Norwegian government-in-exile in London.
From 1946 he worked for the United Nations.
He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St.
Olav in 1960, and Commander in 1970.