Olav Midttun (8 April 1883 – 5 January 1972) was a Norwegian philologist, biographer, magazine editor, and media executive. He edited the cultural magazine...

Gisle Midttun (1881–1940) was a Norwegian cultural historian and museologist. He was born in Kvinnherad, and was a brother of philologist Olav Midttun. Midttun...

Broadcasting Corporation since 29 April 2022. The previous directors were Olav Midttun (1934–1947, except during the Nazi occupation), Kaare Fostervoll (1948–1962)...

1948) kringkastingssjef, which literally means "chief of broadcasting". Olav Midttun (1934–1940 and 1945–1947), he held the title of riksprogramsjef, "national...

Hammarskjöld (1862–1953) 21 Tarjei Vesaas (1897–1970)  Norway poetry, novel Olav Midttun (1883–1972) 22 Herbert George Wells (1866–1946)  United Kingdom novel...

Language and Literature 24 Tarjei Vesaas (1897–1970)  Norway poetry, novel Olav Midttun (1883–1972) Sigmund Skard (1903–1995) Harald Beyer (1891–1960)...

chaired the society for two periods, Klaus Sletten, Nikolaus Gjelsvik, and Olav Midttun. The current leader (chairman of the board) is Torbjørn Bergwitz Lauen...

writer of short stories Gisle Midttun (1881 in Kvinnherad – 1940), a Norwegian cultural historian and museologist Olav Midttun (1883 in Mauranger – 1972)...

1958) 4 April – Agnes Hvoslef, operatic soprano (died 1970). 8 April – Olav Midttun, philologist, media executive and magazine editor (died 1972). 19 April...

important for the development of the Nynorsk as a cultural language. Olav Midttun was the editor-in-chief for over fifty years, from 1908 to 1960. Fagernes-based...