Alexandra Beverfjord
{{Short description|Norwegian journalist and writer (born 1977)}}
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| education = social anthropologist
| alma_mater = Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Alexandra Beverfjord (born 2 June 1977) is a Norwegian journalist, crime fiction writer, newspaper editor and media executive. She was editor-in-chief of the newspaper {{lang|no|Dagbladet}} from 2018 to 2023.
Biography
Beverfjord was born in Trondheim on 2 June 1977, and was educated as social anthropologist from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2002. She has been assigned with the newspapers Adresseavisen and {{lang|no|Dagbladet}}, and with NRK. In 2018 she was appointed editor-in-chief of {{lang|no|Dagbladet}}.
In 2023 Beverfjord was appointed as media executive in Aller Media,{{cite web |title=Alexandra Beverfjord blir ny konserndirektør for Media i Aller Media |url= https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/alexandra-beverfjord-blir-ny-konserndirektor-for-media-i-aller-media--1.16456677 |website=nrk.no |date=22 June 2023 |access-date=22 June 2023 }} and Frode Hansen succeeded her as chief editor of {{lang|no|Dagbladet}}.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Frode Hansen |first=Olav |last=Garvik |author-link=Olav Garvik |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Frode_Hansen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=30 April 2025}}
Her books include Det bor et barn i mitt hjerte (2009, jointly with Atle Dyregrov and Aida Løver), and the crime fiction novels Kretsen (2010) and Kronprinsem (2012).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Alexandra Beverfjord |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Alexandra_Beverfjord |language=Norwegian |accessdate=4 September 2018}}
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Category:Writers from Trondheim
Category:Norwegian newspaper editors
Category:Norwegian women editors
Category:21st-century Norwegian journalists
Category:Norwegian women journalists
Category:Norwegian non-fiction writers
Category:Norwegian women non-fiction writers
Category:Norwegian crime fiction writers
Category:21st-century Norwegian novelists
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