Hans-Tore Bjerkaas
Journalist, Person
1951 –
Who is Hans-Tore Bjerkaas?
Hans-Tore Bjerkaas has been the Director-General of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
He joined the regional programme of NRK in Troms in 1977, where he was deputy editor. Later, he was deputy editor of the regional NRK Hordaland. In 1992, he became director of programmes in the private TV 2, but returned to the NRK as the editor of the regional programmes in Troms. Later, he became the NRK director of television, before returning as the chief editor of NRK Troms and Finnmark.
He was appointed Director-General by the NRK board on January 24, 2007, succeeding John G. Bernander. He retired from this position March 11, 2013 and was followed by Thor Gjermund Eriksen.
In his younger days Bjerkaas was a footballer for Tromsø IL.
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- Born
- Jun 7, 1951
- Profession
- Employment
- NRK
- Lived in
- Tromsø
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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