Sigurd Allern, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sigurd Allern

Norwegian media theorist and professor of journalism

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1946

Place of Birth: Sandnessjøen, Nordland, Norway

Profession: politician, professor, contributing editor, journalist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sigurd Allern (born 5 September 1946) is a Norwegian media theorist and the first professor of journalism at the University of Oslo.
He was also one of the central people in starting the Workers' Communist Party of Norway in the early 1970s, and was the first chairman of the party between 1973 and 1975 and at the same time chairman of the Red Electoral Alliance.
He was also editor-in-chief of Klassekampen in the periods 1969-1970 and 1979-1995.