Olav Midttun

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Olav Midttun (8 April 1883 – 5 January 1972) was a Norwegian philologist, biographer, magazine editor, and the first national program director of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). He was born in Mauranger as a son of teacher Jørgen Midttun (1855–1938) and Marta Øvrehus (1847–1920). He was a brother of Gisle Midttun. He was married twice, first from October 1909 to Mietze Bentsen, née Sandkuhl (1877–1942), then from 1950 to Borghild Skarmann. rdf:langString
Olav Midttun, född 8 april 1883 i Mauranger, Kvinnherad, död 5 januari 1972 i Bærum, var en norsk filolog. Midttun avlade 1910 språklig-historisk ämbetsexamen och blev 1917 docent i landsmål vid Kristiania universitet. Han ledde utgivningen av Aasmund Olavsson Vinjes "Skrifter i samling" (fem band, 1916–21) och redigerade Vinjes skrifter till bruk för gymnasiet (1915). Åren 1908–60 var Midttun redaktör för tidskriften "Syn og Segn". Han deltog ivrigt i målrörelsen och ungdomsarbetet (han var 1919–26 ordförande i ) och tilldelades Melsom-priset 1961. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString Olav Midttun (8 April 1883 – 5 January 1972) was a Norwegian philologist, biographer, magazine editor, and the first national program director of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). He was born in Mauranger as a son of teacher Jørgen Midttun (1855–1938) and Marta Øvrehus (1847–1920). He was a brother of Gisle Midttun. He was married twice, first from October 1909 to Mietze Bentsen, née Sandkuhl (1877–1942), then from 1950 to Borghild Skarmann. He edited the cultural magazine Syn og Segn for more than fifty years, from 1908 to 1960. He was program manager of NRK from its start in 1933. He was fired in 1940 by the Nazi regime during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, and returned after the Second World War as program manager from 1945 to 1947. He was later a professor at the University of Oslo, and wrote several biographies. He was also a member of Bærum municipal council.
rdf:langString Olav Midttun, född 8 april 1883 i Mauranger, Kvinnherad, död 5 januari 1972 i Bærum, var en norsk filolog. Midttun avlade 1910 språklig-historisk ämbetsexamen och blev 1917 docent i landsmål vid Kristiania universitet. Han ledde utgivningen av Aasmund Olavsson Vinjes "Skrifter i samling" (fem band, 1916–21) och redigerade Vinjes skrifter till bruk för gymnasiet (1915). Åren 1908–60 var Midttun redaktör för tidskriften "Syn og Segn". Han deltog ivrigt i målrörelsen och ungdomsarbetet (han var 1919–26 ordförande i ) och tilldelades Melsom-priset 1961. Midttun blev den 1 januari 1934 den förste riksprogramchefen i Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK). Han avskedades den 28 september 1940 från denna tjänst av Nasjonal Samling. Han återinsattes efter Norges befrielse 1945, men avgick 1947.
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