Arvid Weber Skjærpe (born 9 October 1947) is a Norwegian journalist and director.
Career
editWeber Skjærpe was born in Stavanger, where he was a member of the Young Liberals of Norway in the 1960s.[1] Skjærpe later graduated with the cand.polit. degree in political science at the University of Oslo. He also taught political science and sociology at the University of Oslo and was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper Universitas from 1971 to 1972.[2] Skjærpe worked as journalist for Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 11 years, before becoming cultural director for Stavanger Municipality in 1985.[3] Controversy arose when he stated that Oslo did not deserve to host the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest, claiming it had "neglected the culture".[4] The travel director of Oslo stated that his claim was wrong, pointing to Oslo Municipality's recent investments like Det Norske Teatret.[5]
In 1986 Skjærpe wanted to become editorial chief of NRK P1.[6] He instead returned to his position as a journalist in NRK before becoming editor-in-chief of A/S Avis.[7][8] After A/S Avis was discontinued after a few months, Skjærpe became editor of Radio Nettverk.[9] In 1992 Skjærpe was hired as a fellow worker for NRK Radio in Oslo.[10] In 1994 he was hired as information manager for the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities.[2][11] In 1997 Weber Skjærpe was promoted to director of communications and strategy in the same association, where he has been ever since.[2] Skjærpe was also the acting chief executive of the association in 2009.[12][13] He took over from Olav Ulleren,[14] until Sigrun Vågeng took over.[2] Weber stayed in the association as director of communications and strategy.[15]
Works
edit- Selvstyre som system, 1977
- Jakten på det gode liv, 1984
- Arbeid for alle?, 1984
References
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- ^ "Arvid Weber Skjærpe 50. år 9. oktober" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 19 September 1997.
- ^ a b c d "Områdedirektører" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities. 17 November 2009. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ "Skjærpe ble kultursjef". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 28 May 1985. p. 16.
- ^ Lie, Wenche (19 June 1985). "Stavanger kommune på offensiven: Gir 10 mill. for å få Grand Prix". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 1.
- ^ "Oslos turistdirektør: Usaklig påstand at Oslo har forsømt kulturen". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 20 June 1985. p. 22.
- ^ Enger, Ruth (26 February 1986). "Mange vil bli sjefer i P1". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 16.
- ^ "Fra NRK til Avis". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 12 November 1986. p. 24.
- ^ "Arvid Weber Skjærpe til A/S Avis" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 12 November 1986.
- ^ Goldsack, Leslie (9 January 1988). "Arvid Weber Skjærpe, reklameradioredaktør: Vi får tre millioner lyttere". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 11.
- ^ "Weber Skjærpe fra nærradionyheter til NRK" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 8 July 1992.
- ^ "Weber Skjærpe til KS". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 January 1994. p. 10.
- ^ Danbolt, Marte (20 January 2009). "Skjærpe konstituert som KS-direktør". Kommunal Rapport (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Weber Skjærpe konstituert direktør i KS". HegnarOnline (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "Tar over i KS". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). 3 February 2009. p. 30.
- ^ Krossli, Jan I. (7 October 2009). "Vågeng spisser toppen". Kommunal Rapport (in Norwegian).