Frøy Gudbrandsen | |
Birth Date: | 25 September 1978 |
Birth Place: | Drammen, Norway |
Education: | Journalism Comparative politics |
Alma Mater: | University of Sheffield University of Bergen |
Occupation: | Journalist and newspaper editor |
Employer: | Bergens Tidende |
Frøy Gudbrandsen (born 25 September 1978) is a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. Since 2019 she has been chief editor of the newspaper Bergens Tidende.
Born in Drammen on 25 September 1978, Gudbrandsen graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Sheffield in 2000. In 2012 she graduated with a PhD degree in Comparative politics from the University of Bergen. Her dr. thesis was titled Explaining Scandinavian Immigration Policy 1985–2010.[1]
She was appointed as political commentator in the newspaper Bergens Tidende in 2012. Serving as political editor from 2015, she was appointed chief editor of the newspaper from 2019, taking over from Øyulf Hjertenes.[2] [3]
In December 2023 she was appointed political editor for the newspaper Verdens Gang.[4]