Hjalmar Waage was a Norwegian

Norway

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 newspaper editor and writer.

He was born in Bergen

Bergen

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, and joined the Norwegian Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

 in 1908. He became editor-in-chief of Arbeidets Ret

Arbeidets Rett

Arbeidets Rett is a local newspaper published in Røros, Norway. It was first published as Mauren on 16 January 1907, but has been published under the current name since 4 January 1912. The newspaper is owned by A-Pressen, and had a circulation of 8441 in 2007....

in 1913, sub-editor of Fremtiden

Fremtiden

Fremtiden was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Drammen.Fremtiden was started in 1905. Its first editor was Torgeir Vraa, who edited the newspaper from its start until his death in 1934. Fremtiden became the main organ for tne Norwegian Labour Party in Buskerud. During the 1980s the newspaper had...

in 1915 before being hired in Social-Demokraten

Dagsavisen

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in 1920. He then edited Arbeider-Avisa

Arbeider-Avisa

Arbeider-Avisa was a daily newspaper published in Trondheim, Norway, started in 1924 and defunct in 1996...

from 1924 to 1925 before being hired in Arbeiderbladet

Dagsavisen

Dagsavisen is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway. The former party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, the ties loosened over time from 1975 to 1999, and it is now fully independent...

. He was promoted to subeditor after a while, and edited the associated magazine Lørdagskvelden from 1935 to his death.

Waage also chaired Oslo arbeidersamfund in 1922. He was a board member of the Norwegian Press Association

Norwegian Press Association

The Norwegian Press Association is Norwegian association established in 1910, for press people with journalism as their main profession. Among its members are the Norwegian Union of Journalists, the Association of Norwegian Editors, Norsk Lokalradioforbund and the Norwegian Media Businesses'...

from 1930 to 1931.

Books include Kobbergruven (1922), Bergmændene på Storvarts (1923), Fremmede frender (1925), Mennesker underveis (1931), Vi overgir oss ikke (1934) and Veikryss (1935).