Trygve Ramberg (1 March 1932 – 31 May 2002) was a Norwegian newspaper editor.
He was born in Lillehammer as a son of Birger Ramberg and Mathilde Fredriksen,[1] and a brother of Knut Ramberg.[2]
He finished his secondary education in 1950, and was hired as a journalistic apprentice in Gudbrandsdølen and Lillehammer Tilskuer in the same year. After studies in California he was hired in Aftenposten in 1955. After a short period as PR director of Esso-Raffineriet Norge from 1958 he returned to Aftenposten in 1960.[1] Here he was promoted to news editor in 1970 and editor-in-chief in 1978. He left in 1986 to work nine years as the chief executive officer of Universitetsforlaget.[2] According to his successor Terje Osmundsen, the publishing house had accumulated a 20 million kr deficit.[3]
Ramberg also chaired the Norwegian Students' Society in 1958, the Norwegian Press Association from 1971 to 1975 and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1990 to 1998.[4] In the Norwegian Publishers' Association he became a board member in 1987, vice chair in 1989 and chair from 1993 to 1996 before he left the board in 1998.[5] He was also a board member of the Norwegian Union of Journalists from 1964 to 1966,[1] the Association of Norwegian Editors, the International Press Institute and the National Gallery of Norway.[4] He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1997.[6]
He died in 2002.[2] He was married to Mona Lyche Ramberg, an accomplished translator and daughter of Karl and Ingeborg Lyche, who died in 2005. The couple had two sons.[7] They resided in Bærum.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Ramberg, Trygve". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 451. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ a b c "Trygve Ramberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ "Millionunderskudd for Universitetsforlaget" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 5 February 1998.
- ^ a b Hanseid, Einar; Ugdaard, Nils Morten (8 June 2002). "Tidligere sjefredaktør Trygve Ramberg er død". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 19.
- ^ Smith-Simonsen, Bjørn; Nygaard, William; Røthe, Paul Martens (12 June 2002). "Trygve Ramberg". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Trygve Ramberg Ridder av St. Olavs Orden" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 20 August 1997.
- ^ Carlsen, Jorunn (23 February 2005). "Mona Lyche Ramberg". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
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