Øystein Øystå

{{Short description|Norwegian writer (1934–2014)}}

Øystein Øystå, né Anderssen (25 October 1934 – 12 April 2014){{Cite web|url=http://www.drikkeglede.no/aktueltsaker/oeystein-oeystaa-article3183-262.html|title=Øystein Øystå - Drikkeglede: Bryggeri- og Drikkevareforeningen}} was a Norwegian writer.

He was the information director of the Norwegian Brewers and Soft Drinks Producers from 1970 to 1992, then a freelance writer.{{cite news|title=75 år 25. oktober: Redaktør Øystein Øystå|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=6 October 2009|language=Norwegian}} He has written many books on brewery in Norway,{{cite web|title=Øystein Øystå|url=http://www.salsaforlag.no/Forfattere/oystein-oysta|publisher=Salsa Forlag|accessdate=1 July 2011|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326112245/http://www.salsaforlag.no/Forfattere/oystein-oysta|archivedate=26 March 2012}} as well as a local historical book for Frogn and other cultural history topics. He has also written 17 articles in the biographical encyclopedia Norsk biografisk leksikon.{{cite web|title=Artikler som Øystein Øystå er forfatter av|url=http://snl.no/.users/user_authorships/2140|publisher=Store norske leksikon|access-date=1 July 2011|language=no}} Since 1997 he edited the magazine Rotary Norden, and he holds the Paul Harris Fellow recognition from Rotary.

He resided in Drøbak and has contributed extensively to the local revue scene, and founded the gallery Avistegnernes Hus. During his younger days he was an able long jumper, with a personal best of 7.01 metres, achieved in August 1957 in Tvedestrand.{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/alletider/Documents/sen/MLJ.htm|title=Lengde/Long jump|publisher=Norwegian Athletics Association|language=no|access-date=2 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616231257/http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/alletider/Documents/sen/MLJ.htm|archivedate=16 June 2012}} He died in April 2014.{{cite news|title=Øystein Øystå er død|last=Knudsen|first=Steinar|date=14 April 2014|work=Akershus Amtstidende|page=5|language=no}}Death announcement, Aftenposten 22 April 2014, p. 36