Arvid Weber Skjærpe

Arvid Weber Skjærpe (born 9 October 1947) is a Norwegian journalist and director.

Career

Weber Skjærpe was born in Stavanger, where he was a member of the Young Liberals of Norway in the 1960s.^[1] Skjærpe later graduated with the cand.polit. degree in political science at the University of Oslo. He also taught political science and sociology at the University of Oslo and was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper Universitas from 1971 to 1972.^[2] Skjærpe worked as journalist for Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 11 years, before becoming cultural director for Stavanger Municipality in 1985.^[3] Controversy arose when he stated that Oslo did not deserve to host the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest, claiming it had "neglected the culture".^[4] The travel director of Oslo stated that his claim was wrong, pointing to Oslo Municipality's recent investments like Det Norske Teatret.^[5]

In 1986 Skjærpe wanted to become editorial chief of NRK P1.^[6] He instead returned to his position as a journalist in NRK before becoming editor-in-chief of A/S Avis.^[7][8] After A/S Avis was discontinued after a few months, Skjærpe became editor of Radio Nettverk.^[9] In 1992 Skjærpe was hired as a fellow worker for NRK Radio in Oslo.^[10] In 1994 he was hired as information manager for the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities.^[2][11] In 1997 Weber Skjærpe was promoted to director of communications and strategy in the same association, where he has been ever since.^[2] Skjærpe was also the acting chief executive of the association in 2009.^[12][13] He took over from Olav Ulleren,^[14] until Sigrun Vågeng took over.^[2] Weber stayed in the association as director of communications and strategy.^[15]

Works

• Selvstyre som system, 1977
• Jakten på det gode liv, 1984
• Arbeid for alle?, 1984

References

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Portrait at KS

1. "Arvid Weber Skjærpe 50. år 9. oktober" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 19 September 1997.
2. "Områdedirektører" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities. 17 November 2009. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
3. "Skjærpe ble kultursjef". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 28 May 1985. p. 16.
4. Lie, Wenche (19 June 1985). "Stavanger kommune på offensiven: Gir 10 mill. for å få Grand Prix". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 1.
5. "Oslos turistdirektør: Usaklig påstand at Oslo har forsømt kulturen". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 20 June 1985. p. 22.
6. Enger, Ruth (26 February 1986). "Mange vil bli sjefer i P1". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 16.
7. "Fra NRK til Avis". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 12 November 1986. p. 24.
8. "Arvid Weber Skjærpe til A/S Avis" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 12 November 1986.
9. Goldsack, Leslie (9 January 1988). "Arvid Weber Skjærpe, reklameradioredaktør: Vi får tre millioner lyttere". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 11.
10. "Weber Skjærpe fra nærradionyheter til NRK" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 8 July 1992.
11. "Weber Skjærpe til KS". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 January 1994. p. 10.
12. Danbolt, Marte (20 January 2009). "Skjærpe konstituert som KS-direktør". Kommunal Rapport (in Norwegian).
13. "Weber Skjærpe konstituert direktør i KS". HegnarOnline (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
14. "Tar over i KS". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). 3 February 2009. p. 30.
15. Krossli, Jan I. (7 October 2009). "Vågeng spisser toppen". Kommunal Rapport (in Norwegian).

Preceded by Olav Ulleren	Director of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (acting) 2009	Succeeded by Sigrun Vågeng