Håkon Hoff (15 May 1898 – 4 July 1976)[1] [2] was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.
He was born in Orkanger as a son of a builder. He joined the Labour Party in 1913, chaired the local branch of Norges Socialdemokratiske Ungdomsforbund and was a board member of the regional Labour Party branch from 1919 to 1921. He worked as a laborer until 1923, first at a sawmill, then as a carpenter. He was also a member of the Orkanger school board in 1923, before moving away from the district. In 1924 he was hired as a journalist in Arbeiderbladet.[3] He edited the newspapers Sørlandet from 1925 to 1931; Halden Arbeiderblad from 1931 to 1935; Hamar Arbeiderblad from 1935 to 1941; and Vestfold Arbeiderblad (renamed Vestfold) from 1950 to 1968,[4] where he succeeded Sverre Hjertholm.[5] He chaired Vest-Agder Labour Party in 1929 and was a board member of the Kristiansand Labour Party from 1928 to 1931.[3]
Hoff participated in the Left Communist Youth League's military strike action of 1924 by agitating for it through Arbeiderbladet, and for which he was sentenced to 75 days in prison.[6] In 1961 he was fined for libel, and two articles in his newspaper Vestfold Arbeiderblad were declared null and void.[7] He died in July 1976 and was buried at Vestre gravlund.[8]