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Arild Rønsen

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Arild Rønsen, 2009.

Arild Rønsen (born 27 November 1955) is a Norwegian editor and non-fiction writer.

Early life and career

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He was born in Oslo[1] and grew up at Valle near Løren.[2] He finished secondary education in 1974.[1] During his time at Foss Upper Secondary School, he became involved with the anti-EEC movement in 1971 and spent the next ten years as a member of the Workers' Communist Party movement.[3]

He entered the workforce as a typographer at the Petlitz printing press in 1976. In 1979 he was hired as a typographer in Arbeiderbladet and in 1982 in Klassekampen. After one year there, he advanced to shift leader. In 1985 he became editor-in-chief of the music magazine Puls.[1] Rønsen became editor after the founder Tore Olsen resigned along with the editorial board to establish a competitor, Beat. Rønsen especially feuded with Beat's later editor-in-chief Tom Skjeklesæther. Skjeklesæther became known as a proponent of Americana and roots music, whereas Rønsen was more interested in British music.[4] Puls declined along with the rest of the Norwegian music press, but after several years as an online magazine only, Rønsen managed to return as a printed magazine in 2008.[5]

In 1991 he founded the publication Fire flate which was the official magazine of the Moldejazz festival. The newspaper was originally a supplement of Puls, which did not come out in 1992 and 1993 but was resumed in 1994 and printed in a circulation of 4,000.[6] He was given the local award Molderosen i 2002.[7] Following Rønsen's harsh criticism of a band on the 2021 festival roster, however, Rønsen was "sacked" in 2022, though all his work with Fire flate was unpaid volunteer work.[8] Fire flate was also discontinued.[9]

In 1996 he sat on the judges panel for TV 2's talent show Stjerner i sikte together with Trond Myhre [no] and Anita Skorgan.[10] He also had a stint as a sports reporter in TV 2.[7] Rønsen followed the sports club Vålerengens IF for several decades and wrote several books about them. In 2004 he penned Enga inside, a reportage that followed the milieu around the men's football team.[11] Rønsen has also translated books such as Christopher Ciccone's My Sister Madonna, David Beckham's and Neil Young's memoirs.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Pressefolk 1990 (in Norwegian). Fredrikstad: Institutt for journalistikk. 1990. p. 234.
  2. ^ "Gode gamle "Lauern"". Selvaag Magasinet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  3. ^ Shanmugaratnam, Yohan (10 March 2007). "Rønsen inside". Klassekampen (in Norwegian). pp. 20–22.
  4. ^ Sandnes, Cathrine (28 July 1995). "Nye takter fra gamle fiender". Arbeiderbladet (in Norwegian). pp. 14–15.
  5. ^ Gjerstad, Leif (1 July 2008). "Fornyet Puls". Journalisten (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ "Arild med Molde-Puls". Romsdals Budstikke (in Norwegian). 19 July 1994. p. 5.
  7. ^ a b "Rønsen fikk rose". Journalisten (in Norwegian). 19 July 2002. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  8. ^ Henriksen, Vera; Bjerkeland, Øystein (17 January 2022). "Gir Arild Rønsen sparken som redaktør i festivalavisa". Romsdals Budstikke (in Norwegian).
  9. ^ Henriksen, Vera (28 June 2022). "Punktum satt for tredve års pressehistorie". Romsdals Budstikke (in Norwegian).
  10. ^ Alstad, Inger-Johanne (20 September 1996). "Stjerne-emner". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 73.
  11. ^ "Rønsen med Enga-bok". Journalisten (in Norwegian). 2 December 2004.
  12. ^ Oria.no
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