Egil Ulateig

Egil Ulateig (born March 16, 1946) is a Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer.

Ulateig served as the editor of the magazine Alle Menn in the 1970s.[1]: 80–88 [2] He also wrote for the newspaper Ny Tid,[2][3] which at the time was owned by the Socialist Left Party. Ulateig has more than 20 years' experience as a journalist and has traveled globally for his work. He also served in the Norwegian Peace Corps in eastern Africa.

Ulateig has written many coffee table books and documentary books, including books on Norwegians that fought for the Axis powers during the Second World War. He has also written biographies, such as Raud krigar, raud spion (Red Warrior, Red Spy) about the communist saboteur and resistance member Asbjørn Sunde.[4] Ulateig specializes in the history of those Norwegians that fought for the Germans during the Second World War. He has repeatedly sparked debates and headlines due to disclosures and/or statements he has made in his books.[2]

Egil Ulateig lives in Lesja in Oppland county,[5] where he also runs the publishing company Forlaget Reportasje.[6]

  1. ^ B[akken], Willy. 1996. Drømmenes marked: norske ukeblader, magasiner og hefter 1945-1995. Oslo: Bladkompaniet.
  2. ^ a b c Arentz, Jan Birger. 2001. Sånn er livet: Egil Ulateig. NRK (September 5).
  3. ^ Kobbeltveit, Olav. 2011. Berge Furres turar til DDR. Bergens Tidene (February 7).
  4. ^ Gleditsch, Nils Petter. 1999. Norway. In: Sandra Coliver et al. (eds.), Secrecy and Liberty: National Security, Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, pp. 361–388. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, p. 371.
  5. ^ NTB. 2016. Skytefelt fullt av blindgjengere blir nasjonalpark. Adresseavisen (May 12).
  6. ^ Mafiatilstander i bokbransjen. 2008. GD (December 10).