Einar Diesen was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. He was born in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

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Diesen was a journalist for the newspaper Aftenposten

Aftenposten

Aftenposten is Norway's largest newspaper. It retook this position in 2010, taking it from the tabloid Verdens Gang which had been the largest newspaper for several decades. It is based in Oslo. The morning edition, which is distributed across all of Norway, had a circulation of 250,179 in 2007...

from 1921, and served as editor-in-chief for Aftenposten from 1948 to 1968. From November 1942 to 1945 he worked for the Norwegian government-in-exile in London

London

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. He was President of Norges Tennisforbund from 1933 to 1948.