Ivar Hippe
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Ivar Hippe is a Norwegian political consultant, former journalist
and presenter. He received national media attention in 1982 when he was expelled from Argentina
by the government. Upon returning to Norway he began working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). In 1999 he became editor-in-chief of the Norwegian financial journal Økonomisk Rapport
.
In 2003 he wrote the book Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene
, which followed Tore Tønne
's last days before his suicide. The book received good reviews by critics. Hippe later became Gerd-Liv Valla
s consultant. He is the older brother of Jon Hippe
, the current leader of the Fafo Foundation
. Hippe is currently working for the public relations
(PR) company Agendum.
and studied at the University of Oslo
where he earned the academic degree
candidatus rerum politicarum. By the late 1970s Hippe had joined the Latin American Group in Oslo and became one of its leading members. The organisation had around 80 members and had collaborated with Amnesty International
on projects involving Latin America
. Hippe later landed a job as a journalist for the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet
and became the paper's correspondent in Argentina
. Hippe and Frode Holst, a journalist from Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang
, were arrested and expelled from Argentina in 1982 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
who claimed that they were spies working for the British government. Holst was put on a plane to Brazil
and Hippe left for Santiago
, Chile
, after missing a flight to São Paulo
, Brazil. In a press conference Argentina's Minister of Interior Bernardo Menendez claimed that the journalists were "compromising national security". In 1984 he sent a job application to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) to become their correspondent in Latin America. When he moved back to Norway he worked for NRK Arbeiderbladet
and Fafo
. Until 1999 Hippe worked in the economic news sector at NRK.
In 1999 Hippe became Editor-in-Chief of Økonomisk Rapport
(ØR). Hippe openly supported the Labour Party
Prime Minister of Norway
, Jens Stoltenberg
from mid 2000 in Stoltenberg's first term (17 March 2000 to 19 October 2001). Hippe believed the government needed to spend more money from the Norwegian oil fund
, saying: "The greatest paradox today is that the government refuses to investigate what it will mean to buy goods and services abroad in fear that someone will come up with the idea of spending more money than we do today. The government plays with the lives of the sick and aggravates children's education because of the dogma that oil money cannot be used". Hippe left his position as Editor-in-Chief in 2002 because the new owners did not share the same future plans for the magazine as he did. He was succeeded by Joachim Bamrud. Six months after Hippe left a number of journalists and most of the old leadership staff had also left the magazine.
After quitting his job he was asked to write a book about Tore Tønne
, and his recent suicide
. When writing the book Hippe interviewed 60 key acquaintances, with the exception of Kjell Inge Røkke
who had a friendly relationship with Tønne before his death. The book was entitled Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene
(Powerful and Powerless: Tore Tønne, Media and the Power Play Behind the Scenes), released in 2003 it met with mostly well-received reviews by critics. Before becoming a political consultant he was one of four who applied for the position as director of the Institute for Journalism in 2006. He was not chosen and instead became a consultant for the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
, Gerd-Liv Valla
. In 2006 he worked alongside Erik Solheim
and Jonas Gahr Støre
on the "Norwegian Project", a government funded project with Brazil
. According to Hippe the project works for an extensive social dialogue between the employers where they "deliberately chose cooperation and dialogue rather than confrontation and conflict with society around them". As of 2010 he works as a consultant for the public relations company Agendum and Hippe Consult AS, a company owned by Hippe. In May 2010 Hippe chaired a debate for the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police
on the proposal to introduce data storage directives into Norwegian law. Hippe was recently hired as the consultant to Ellen Kristin Dahl-Pedersen who is set to inherit part of Ellen Ugland
's fortune.
, the current leader of Fafo
. Hippe, along with his brother, has a friendly relationship with the current Prime Minister of Norway
, Jens Stoltenberg. He has two sons, Mathias and Trym Hippe.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and presenter. He received national media attention in 1982 when he was expelled from Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
by the government. Upon returning to Norway he began working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). In 1999 he became editor-in-chief of the Norwegian financial journal Økonomisk Rapport
Økonomisk Rapport
Økonomisk Rapport is a monthly business magazine published in Norwegian. Owned by Ad Fontes Medier, it has a circulation of 18,500 and is published in Oslo. The magazine was founded in 1975. It also publishes an online newspaper.Ivar Hippe was Editor-in-Chief of the magazine from 1999-2002....
.
In 2003 he wrote the book Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene
Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene
Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene is a biographic novel written by Norwegian journalist Ivar Hippe...
, which followed Tore Tønne
Tore Tønne
Tore Tønne was the Norwegian Minister of Health and Social Affairs 2000-2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg. Tønne committed suicide after newspaper writings about investigations over alleged economic improprieties committed after the conclusion of his term in the Norwegian cabinet...
's last days before his suicide. The book received good reviews by critics. Hippe later became Gerd-Liv Valla
Gerd-Liv Valla
Gerd-Liv Valla was the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions . She took over in 2001 and resigned in 2007. In 1997 she was the Norwegian Minister of Justice....
s consultant. He is the older brother of Jon Hippe
Jon Hippe
Jon Mathias Hippe is a Norwegian researcher, politician and presenter. He received national media attention when he was made General Manager of the Fafo foundation. He continues to hold that position, however, in 2010 he was elected leader of A-pressen...
, the current leader of the Fafo Foundation
Fafo Foundation
The Fafo Research Foundation, also known as the Fafo Foundation or just Fafo , is a Norwegian research foundation, consisting of two research institutes: The Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research and the Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies. The two institutes are conducting...
. Hippe is currently working for the public relations
Public relations
Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....
(PR) company Agendum.
Career
Hippe was born in OsloOslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
and studied at the University of Oslo
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
where he earned the academic degree
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
candidatus rerum politicarum. By the late 1970s Hippe had joined the Latin American Group in Oslo and became one of its leading members. The organisation had around 80 members and had collaborated with Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
on projects involving Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. Hippe later landed a job as a journalist for the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet
Dagbladet
Dagbladet is Norway's second largest tabloid newspaper, and the third largest newspaper overall with a circulation of 105,255 copies in 2009, 18,128 papers less than in 2008. The editor in chief is Lars Helle....
and became the paper's correspondent in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. Hippe and Frode Holst, a journalist from Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang
Verdens Gang
Verdens Gang , generally known under the abbreviation VG, is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper...
, were arrested and expelled from Argentina in 1982 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship is the Argentine government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Argentina.The current Chancellor is Héctor Timerman.-External links:...
who claimed that they were spies working for the British government. Holst was put on a plane to Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and Hippe left for Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, after missing a flight to São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil. In a press conference Argentina's Minister of Interior Bernardo Menendez claimed that the journalists were "compromising national security". In 1984 he sent a job application to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) to become their correspondent in Latin America. When he moved back to Norway he worked for NRK 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...
and Fafo
Fafo Foundation
The Fafo Research Foundation, also known as the Fafo Foundation or just Fafo , is a Norwegian research foundation, consisting of two research institutes: The Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research and the Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies. The two institutes are conducting...
. Until 1999 Hippe worked in the economic news sector at NRK.
In 1999 Hippe became Editor-in-Chief of Økonomisk Rapport
Økonomisk Rapport
Økonomisk Rapport is a monthly business magazine published in Norwegian. Owned by Ad Fontes Medier, it has a circulation of 18,500 and is published in Oslo. The magazine was founded in 1975. It also publishes an online newspaper.Ivar Hippe was Editor-in-Chief of the magazine from 1999-2002....
(ØR). Hippe openly supported the 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....
Prime Minister of Norway
Prime Minister of Norway
The Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...
, Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg
is a Norwegian politician, leader of the Norwegian Labour Party and the current Prime Minister of Norway. Having assumed office on 17 October 2005, Stoltenberg previously served as Prime Minister from 2000 to 2001....
from mid 2000 in Stoltenberg's first term (17 March 2000 to 19 October 2001). Hippe believed the government needed to spend more money from the Norwegian oil fund
The Government Pension Fund of Norway
The Government Pension Fund of Norway comprises two entirely separate sovereign wealth funds owned by the Government of Norway:* The Government Pension Fund - Global...
, saying: "The greatest paradox today is that the government refuses to investigate what it will mean to buy goods and services abroad in fear that someone will come up with the idea of spending more money than we do today. The government plays with the lives of the sick and aggravates children's education because of the dogma that oil money cannot be used". Hippe left his position as Editor-in-Chief in 2002 because the new owners did not share the same future plans for the magazine as he did. He was succeeded by Joachim Bamrud. Six months after Hippe left a number of journalists and most of the old leadership staff had also left the magazine.
After quitting his job he was asked to write a book about Tore Tønne
Tore Tønne
Tore Tønne was the Norwegian Minister of Health and Social Affairs 2000-2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg. Tønne committed suicide after newspaper writings about investigations over alleged economic improprieties committed after the conclusion of his term in the Norwegian cabinet...
, and his recent suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
. When writing the book Hippe interviewed 60 key acquaintances, with the exception of Kjell Inge Røkke
Kjell Inge Røkke
Kjell Inge Røkke is a Norwegian businessman and among the richest people in Norway, controlling the Norwegian company Aker Solutions...
who had a friendly relationship with Tønne before his death. The book was entitled Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene
Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene
Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene is a biographic novel written by Norwegian journalist Ivar Hippe...
(Powerful and Powerless: Tore Tønne, Media and the Power Play Behind the Scenes), released in 2003 it met with mostly well-received reviews by critics. Before becoming a political consultant he was one of four who applied for the position as director of the Institute for Journalism in 2006. He was not chosen and instead became a consultant for the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions affiliated to the LO have more than 850,000 members of a Norwegian population of 4.8 million...
, Gerd-Liv Valla
Gerd-Liv Valla
Gerd-Liv Valla was the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions . She took over in 2001 and resigned in 2007. In 1997 she was the Norwegian Minister of Justice....
. In 2006 he worked alongside Erik Solheim
Erik Solheim
Erik Solheim is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party . He holds two posts in the current Norwegian cabinet, and carries the title Minister of the Environment and Minister of Development Cooperation...
and Jonas Gahr Støre
Jonas Gahr Støre
Jonas Gahr Støre is the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, having been appointed to Jens Stoltenberg's second cabinet on 17 October 2005. He represents the Norwegian Labour Party.-Personal life:...
on the "Norwegian Project", a government funded project with Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. According to Hippe the project works for an extensive social dialogue between the employers where they "deliberately chose cooperation and dialogue rather than confrontation and conflict with society around them". As of 2010 he works as a consultant for the public relations company Agendum and Hippe Consult AS, a company owned by Hippe. In May 2010 Hippe chaired a debate for the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police
Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of justice, police and domestic intelligence. The main purpose of the Ministry is to provide for the maintenance and development of the basic guarantees of the rule of law...
on the proposal to introduce data storage directives into Norwegian law. Hippe was recently hired as the consultant to Ellen Kristin Dahl-Pedersen who is set to inherit part of Ellen Ugland
Ellen Ugland
Ellen Ugland was a Norwegian billionaire and widow of billionaire Johan Jørgen Ugland. She was found dead in her apartment in Lysaker, Bærum on 6 December. Shortly after her body was found the police announced the death to be suspicious.-References:...
's fortune.
Personal life
He is the older brother of Jon HippeJon Hippe
Jon Mathias Hippe is a Norwegian researcher, politician and presenter. He received national media attention when he was made General Manager of the Fafo foundation. He continues to hold that position, however, in 2010 he was elected leader of A-pressen...
, the current leader of Fafo
Fafo Foundation
The Fafo Research Foundation, also known as the Fafo Foundation or just Fafo , is a Norwegian research foundation, consisting of two research institutes: The Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research and the Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies. The two institutes are conducting...
. Hippe, along with his brother, has a friendly relationship with the current Prime Minister of Norway
Prime Minister of Norway
The Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...
, Jens Stoltenberg. He has two sons, Mathias and Trym Hippe.
External links
- Ivar Hippe on Taxes List