Gerhard Vilhelm Jynge (1877 – February 21, 1945) was a Norwegian newspaper editor.

He became the editor of Oplandenes Avis in 1908[1] and the sub-editor of Verdens Gang in 1911, served as the first editor of Haugesunds Dagblad from June 8, 1912 to December 1913,[1] became the editor of Dagsposten in Trondheim in 1914,[1] and was the editor of Aalesunds Avis from 1917 to 1921.[1][2] He became an appellate judge pro tem[clarification needed] in Bergen in 1921, and a regular judge in 1928. He died on February 21, 1945, when the steamship Austri was sunk by British aircraft in Bømla Fjord.[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Høeg, Tom Arbo. 1974. Norske aviser: Registerbind. Oslo: Universitetsbibliotekets Hustrykkeri, p. 179.
  2. ^ Diesen, Emil. 1921. Norske aviser og tidsskrifter med fortegnelse over norske pressefolk 1920. Kristiania, p. 19.
  3. ^ DigitaltMuseum: Det gamle skatollet.
  4. ^ Olderkjær, Ove A. 2015. Kystruta skoten i senk av sine eigne. Bergens Tidende (February 20).