Per Egil Hegge

Per Egil Hegge      (journalist, editor)
Born	Per Egil Hegge 1940-03-06 Trondheim, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Alma mater	Oslo University, The Norwegian Armed Forces Intelligence School
Spooky Norwegian journalist and editor  Cultural Editor In office 1992 - 1998 Employer Aftenposten Preceded by Hasan Cemal Succeeded by Antti Blåfield  Correspondent to Washington DC In office 1962 - 1992 Employer Aftenposten  Editor  In office 1984 - 1988 Employer Aftenposten Succeeded by Hubertus Hoffmann, Allan Silberbrandt  Correspondent to Washington DC In office 1977 - 1981 Employer Aftenposten  Correspondent to the Soviet Union In office 1962 - 1992 Employer Aftenposten Preceded by Arrigo Levi Evicted in 1971.

Per Egil Hegge is an influential Norwegian transatlantic journalist and editor.

Background

Hegge has a degree from the University of Oslo in the subjects Russian, English and political science. As a conscript, he was part of the elite forces and also did the Russian course at what now is the The Norwegian Armed Forces Intelligence School.

Career

Per Egil Hegge started working for the most influential Norwegian conservative newspaper Aftenposten in 1962.

He first worked in London as the newspaper's correspondent, but was soon sent to Moscow, still formally for Aftenposten. He was evicted from the Soviet Union in 1971, among other things for contacts with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn after him winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.

As a promotion for this, he became the paper's correspondent in Washington DC (1977–1981 and 1988–1992).

He kept working for Aftenposten, and was editor of the paper's prestigious Saturday magazine from 1984 to 1988. From 1992 to 1998 he was editor of the culture section.

Hegge chaired the Norwegian branch of PEN-International from 1985 to 1988.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1999	3 June 1999	6 June 1999	Portugal Sintra	The 47th Bilderberg, 111 participants

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