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Lars Sørensen (editor)

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Lars Sørensen (November 26, 1905 – 1987) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician in Drammen.[1]

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.[2][3][4]

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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Lars Sørensen". Hvem er Hvem?. 1973. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Borgen, Per Otto (2006). "Sørensen, Lars". Drammen byleksikon (in Norwegian). Drammen: Borgen Forlag. p. 242. ISBN 82-91649-00-6.
  3. ^ "Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds Blad". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "Buskeruds Blad". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
Media offices
Preceded by Editor-in-chief of Drammens Tidende og Buskerud Blad
1937–1945
Succeeded by
Preceded by Editor-in-chief of Drammens Tidende og Buskerud Blad
1961–1977
Succeeded by