Olav Rytter
Olav Rytter | |
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 A photo of Rytter from an academic biographical book published in 1933 | |
| Born | 29 January 1903 |
| Died | 7 June 1992 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation(s) | Newspaper editor, radio personality, foreign correspondent, philologist, translator |
| Parent | Henrik Rytter (father) |
Olav Rytter (29 January 1903 – 7 June 1992) was a Norwegian newspaper editor, radio personality, foreign correspondent, philologist and translator.
Biography
[edit]Olav was born in Kristiansund[1] as the son of writer Henrik Rytter.[2] He took his philological education at the University of Oslo and the University of Prague,[1] having specialized in Slavic and Indic languages. He would translate several works written in such languages. After working as a teacher in the Norwegian language in Prague and Warsaw, from 1928 to 1935, he returned to Norway in 1935 to edit the newspaper Norsk Tidend.[2] He became a member of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1936.[3]
From 1938 to 1946, he was a programme secretary in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).[2] When Norway was invaded by Germany in April 1940, Rytter fled the country together with the Norwegian royal family and cabinet. After a short period in Stockholm he reunited with the Norwegian authorities-in-exile in London, where he worked for the NRK and BBC until 1944.[4] He received basic military training, in Scotland.[1] He has also been credited with suggesting Martin Linge as an SOE agent in the fall of 1940.[5] In 1944 Rytter travelled to Finnmark to oversee the liberation of Northern Norway as an officer of information.[4] Norway was fully liberated on 8 May 1945.
From 1948 to 1963, Rytter worked with information for the United Nations.[2] He headed their Prague information office from 1948 to 1953, helped establishing new offices in Jakarta, Teheran and Afghanistan over the next years, before heading the Cairo office from 1959 to 1963.[1] In 1963, he returned to Norway to edit the newspaper Dag og Tid. He stepped down from this position after short time, but continued working from 1964 to 1974 as a foreign correspondent.[2]
Rytter died in June 1992.[6] He donated his entire literature collection to the University of Oslo.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Olav Rytter 85 år". Norwegian News Agency. 26 January 1988.
- ^ a b c d e Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Olav Rytter". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
- ^ "Upprop". Norsk Tidend. 1936-05-05.
- ^ a b Dahl, Hans Fredrik (1995). "Rytter, Olav". In Dahl, Hans Fredrik (ed.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45. Oslo: Cappelen. Archived from the original on 2009-12-31.
- ^ Christensen, Jan (2006). Oslogjengen. Oslo: Orion. p. 68. ISBN 82-458-0714-1.
- ^ "Rytter død". Norwegian News Agency. 9 June 1992.
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1903 births
- 1992 deaths
- Norwegian newspaper editors
- Norwegian newspaper reporters and correspondents
- Norwegian television reporters and correspondents
- NRK people
- Norwegian people of World War II
- University of Oslo alumni
- People from Kristiansund
- 20th-century Norwegian translators
- 20th-century Norwegian writers
- Norwegian officials of the United Nations
- Norwegian Association for Women's Rights people