Paul Gjesdahl

Paul Dessen Gjesdahl (22 December 1893 – 14 August 1969) was a Norwegian journalist and theatre critic. He was a theatre critic for the newspaper Dagbladet from 1919 to 1930, for Tidens Tegn from 1930 to 1937, and for Arbeiderbladet from 1937 to 1967.[1]

He was a chairman of the Norwegian Students' Society in 1919 and a member of Mot Dag, a board member of the Norwegian Critics' Association for 36 years, and vice chairman of the Norwegian Broadcasting Council from 1946 to 1955.[2]

Selected works

Premièrer og portretter. 1957.
Centralteatrets historie. 1964.

References

"Paul Gjesdahl". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
Hirsti, Reidar. "Paul Gjesdahl". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 July 2010.

Cultural offices
Preceded by Hans Bull Brodtkorb Mohr	Chairman of the Norwegian Students' Society 1920 (spring)	Succeeded by Thomas Sinding

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[snl-1] "Paul Gjesdahl". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 July 2010.

[nbl-2] Hirsti, Reidar. "Paul Gjesdahl". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 July 2010.