Håkon Hoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician and newspaper editor
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Place of Birth: Orkanger, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
About Håkon Hoff
- Håkon Hoff (15 May 1898 – 4 July 1976) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Orkanger as a son of a builder.
- He joined the Labour Party in 1913, chaired the local branch of Norges Socialdemokratiske Ungdomsforbund and was a board member of the regional Labour Party branch from 1919 to 1921.
- He worked as a laborer until 1923, first at a sawmill, then as a carpenter.
- He was also a member of Orkanger school board in 1923, before moving away from the district.
- In 1924 he was hired as a journalist in Arbeiderbladet.
- He edited the newspapers Sørlandet from 1925 to 1931, Halden Arbeiderblad from 1931 to 1935, Hamar Arbeiderblad from 1935 to 1941 and Vestfold Arbeiderblad (renamed Vestfold) from 1950 to 1968.
- In the latter newspaper he succeeded Sverre Hjertholm.
- He chaired Vest-Agder Labour Party in 1929 and was a board member in Kristiansand Labour Party from 1928 to 1931.Hoff participated in the Left Communist Youth League's military strike action of 1924, by agitating for it through Arbeiderbladet.
- For this he was sentenced to 75 days of prison.
- In 1961 he was sentenced to a 500 kr fine for libel, and two articles in his newspaper Vestfold Arbeiderblad were declared null and void.
- He died in July 1976 and was buried at Vestre gravlund.
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