Håkon Hoff

Håkon Hoff (15 May 1898 – 4 July 1976)[1][2] was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.

He was born in Orkanger as a son of a builder. He joined the Labour Party in 1913, chaired the local branch of Norges Socialdemokratiske Ungdomsforbund and was a board member of the regional Labour Party branch from 1919 to 1921. He worked as a laborer until 1923, first at a sawmill, then as a carpenter. He was also a member of the Orkanger school board in 1923, before moving away from the district. In 1924 he was hired as a journalist in Arbeiderbladet.[3] He edited the newspapers Sørlandet from 1925 to 1931; Halden Arbeiderblad from 1931 to 1935; Hamar Arbeiderblad from 1935 to 1941; and Vestfold Arbeiderblad (renamed Vestfold) from 1950 to 1968,[4] where he succeeded Sverre Hjertholm.[5] He chaired Vest-Agder Labour Party in 1929 and was a board member of the Kristiansand Labour Party from 1928 to 1931.[3]

Hoff participated in the Left Communist Youth League's military strike action of 1924 by agitating for it through Arbeiderbladet, and for which he was sentenced to 75 days in prison.[6] In 1961 he was fined 500 kr for libel, and two articles in his newspaper Vestfold Arbeiderblad were declared null and void.[7] He died in July 1976 and was buried at Vestre gravlund.[8]

References
  1. Arbeiderbladet, 14 May 1948.
  2. "Håkon Hoff er død". Arbeiderbladet, 7 July 1976.
  3. Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin, eds. (1933). "Hoff, Håkon". Arbeidernes Leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. p. 935.
  4. Maurseth, Per (1987). Gjennom kriser til makt 1920-1935. Volume three of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. p. 604. ISBN 82-10-02753-0.
  5. Hjertholm, Sverre (1956). Arbeiderbevegelsen i Vestfold. Trekk fra den politiske og faglige arbeiderbevegelse 1906-1956 (in Norwegian). Vestfold Labour Party. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  6. Maurseth, 1987: p. 502
  7. "Vestfold Arbeiderblad ble dømt for injurier". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 15 November 1961. p. 14.
  8. "Cemeteries in Norway" (in Norwegian). DIS-Norge. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


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