# Fridtjof Andersen

> Fridtjof Andersen was a Norwegian newspaper editor and printer from Steinkjer. He took over as editor-in-chief and later owner of the newspaper Indherreds-Posten in 1891, which he had inherited from his father and founder Johan Bernhard Andersen. Fridtjof took the newspaper in a much more liberal and then radical direction, making it the most dominant newspaper in Nord-Trøndelag for its era. He started a cinema in 1910, but as he aged his finances became increasingly poor. He sold the newspaper in 1916.

*Norwegian editor*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Born:** 1864
- **Died:** 1927
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Fridtjof Andersen was a Norwegian newspaper editor and printer from Steinkjer. He took over as editor-in-chief and later owner of the newspaper Indherreds-Posten in 1891, which he had inherited from his father and founder Johan Bernhard Andersen. Fridtjof took the newspaper in a much more liberal and then radical direction, making it the most dominant newspaper in Nord-Trøndelag for its era. He started a cinema in 1910, but as he aged his finances became increasingly poor. He sold the newspaper in 1916.

## Fame
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## Sources
- [Fridtjof Andersen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridtjof_Andersen)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141104070)

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