Erling Bühring-Dehli

Who was Erling Bühring-Dehli?

Erling Bühring-Dehli was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born at Dehli in Furnes as a son of farmers Berthel Dehli and Agnes Ingebjørg Brynhild Ihle. He finished his secondary education in Hamar in 1905 and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1909. While studying he worked as a part-time journalist in Aftenposten and Hamar Stiftstidende. He was hired in Morgenavisen in 1909, and in Aftenposten from 1910 to 1911. He was also subeditor of Dagsposten for half a year. He was the editor-in-chief of Hamar Stiftstidende when he in March 1916 initiated the merger with Oplandenes Avis. The newspaper continued as Hamar Stiftstidende og Oplandenes Avis, and Bühring-Dehli was the editor-in-chief there from July 1916 to October 1932. From 1934 he edited Allers Familiejournal.

He chaired the local Conservative Party branch in Hamar, and was a member of Hamar city council from 1925 to 1928, and was elected to the Parliament of Norway from the constituency Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland counties in 1927 and 1930.