Jump to content

Geir Berdahl

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Geir Berdahl
Born (1945-06-19) 19 June 1945 (age 79)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationPublisher

Geir Berdahl (born 19 June 1945) is a Norwegian publisher, the leader of Forlaget Oktober for 35 years.

Career

[edit]

In the 1970s Berdahl was associated with SUF (m-l) and the Workers' Communist Party AKP (m-l).[1] He graduated as mag.art in literature from the University of Oslo in 1974. From 1974 to 1979 he was running the bookshop Tronsmo. He was chief executive officer of the publishing house Forlaget Oktober from 1979 to 2015.[2][3]

From 2003 to 2006 he was chairman of the board of the newspaper Klassekampen, and he chaired the Norwegian Publishers' Association a period from 2005.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Klakken, Linda (20 June 2015). "Et liv i litteraturen. Geir Berdahl fyller 70 år" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Åmås, Knut Olav, ed. (2008). "Berdahl, Geir". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 51. ISBN 978-82-03-23561-0.
  3. ^ Neraal, Anders. "Forlaget Oktober". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 May 2021.