Ivar Hippe
{{Short description|Norwegian journalist (born 1953)}}
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| office = Correspondent of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in Stockholm
| term_start = 1992
| term_end = 1994
| predecessor = Ingvild Bryn
| alongside = Viggo Johansen and Kjell Pihlstrøm
| successor = Kjell Pihlstrøm
| birth_place = Oslo, Norway
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| birth_name = Ivar Hippe
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| education = University of Oslo
| known_for = editor-in-chief of Økonomisk Rapport
| occupation = Consultant
Journalist
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Ivar Hippe (born 19 March 1953) is a Norwegian author, political consultant, former journalist and presenter. He received national media attention in 1982 when he was expelled from Argentina by the government. On his return to Norway he began working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). In 1999 he became editor-in-chief of the Norwegian financial journal Økonomisk Rapport.
In 2003 he wrote the book Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene, which followed Tore Tønne's last days before his suicide. The book received good reviews and, after the book's release, Hippe started working as a political consultant. His next book, Korstoget mot velferdsstaten: På innsiden av nyliberale tenketanker, was published in 2021.
Career
Hippe was born in Oslo and studied at the University of Oslo where he earned the academic degree candidatus rerum politicarum.{{cite web | title = Hva skjedde egentlig i "Tønne-saken" | url = http://www.bokklubben.no/SamboWeb/produkt.do?produktId=1335380 | publisher = Bokklubben | access-date = 10 January 2010 | language = no }} By the late 1970s Hippe had joined the Latin American Group in Oslo and became one of its leading members. The organisation had around 80 members and had collaborated with Amnesty International on projects involving Latin America.{{Cite news | last = Frisk | first = Clafs | page = 18 | title = "Gerilja" baser i Oslo | newspaper = Verdens Gang | date = 25 May 1979 | language = no}} Hippe later landed a job as a journalist for the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet and became the paper's correspondent in Argentina. Hippe and Frode Holst,{{Cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19820513&id=PA8qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PNYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3340,2448891 | page = 10 | title = Journalists told lives no longer safe in Argentina | newspaper = The Gadsden Times | date = 13 May 1982 | access-date = 28 February 2010}} a journalist from Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang, were arrested and expelled from Argentina in 1982 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who claimed that they were spies working for the British government.{{Cite news | last = Arefjord |first = Arne N. | page = 7 | title = VG og Dagbladets medarbeidere: "Britiske spioner" | newspaper = Verdens Gang | date = 18 May 1982 | language = no}} Holst was put on a plane to Brazil{{Cite news | last = Schumacher | first = Edward | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/13/world/reporters-seized-by-the-argentines.html | title = Reporters Seised By The Argentines | newspaper = The New York Times | date = 13 May 1982 | access-date = 10 June 2010}} and Hippe left for Santiago, Chile.{{Cite news | last1 = Drivdal | first1 = Morten | last2 = Nicolaysen | first2 = Haugar | page = 8 | title = Handlet mot nasjonens interesse | newspaper = Verdens Gang | date = 13 May 1982 | language = no}} In a press conference Argentina's Minister of Interior Bernardo Menendez claimed that the journalists were "compromising national security". In 1984 he sent a job application to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) to become their translator whilst in Latin America.{{cite news | last = Berby |first = Tom | page = 45 | title = Kamp om Latin-Amerika-jobben | newspaper = Verdens Gang | date = 13 March 1984 | language = no}} When he moved back to Norway he worked for NRK{{cite news | last = Røste |first = Per | page = 16 | title = Advarer mot fusjonsbølgen | newspaper = Aftenposten | date = 27 June 1990 | language = no}} Arbeiderbladet{{cite news | title = Ivar Hippe ny redaktør i Økonomisk Rapport | agency = Norwegian News Agency | date = 10 March 1999| language = no}} and Fafo.{{cite news | page = 6 | title = Driveplikt? | newspaper = Dagens Næringsliv | date = 28 June 1990 | language = no}} Until 1999 Hippe worked in the economic news sector at NRK.{{Cite news | last = Skredderberget | first = Asle | page = 50 | title = Hippe til ØR | newspaper = Dagens Næringsliv | date = 11 March 1990 | language = no}} In 1999 Hippe became Editor-in-Chief of Økonomisk Rapport (ØR).{{Cite news | last = Steen | first = Knut | page = 6 | title = ØR-journalist granskes av Kredittilsynet | newspaper = Dagens Næringsliv | date = 23 September 1999 | language = no}} Hippe openly supported the Labour Party Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg from mid 2000 in Stoltenberg's first term (17 March 2000 to 19 October 2001). Hippe left his position as Editor-in-Chief in 2002 because the new owners did not share the same future plans for the magazine as he did.{{cite news | last = Hippe | first = Ivar | title = Takk for meg | newspaper = Dagbladet | date = 29 May 2002 | language = no}} Six months after Hippe left a number of journalists and most of the old leadership staff had also left the magazine.{{cite news | last = Eckblad | first = Bjørne | page = 52 | title = Bladeiere med mange jern i ilden | newspaper = Dagens Næringsliv | date = 23 January 2003 | language = no}}
After quitting his job he was asked to write a book about Tore Tønne, and his recent suicide.{{cite news | last = Andersen | first = Unn C. | page = 41 | title = Skriver bok om Tønne | newspaper = Dagbladet | date = 7 February 2003 | language = no}} When writing the book Hippe interviewed 60 key acquaintances, with the exception of Kjell Inge Røkke who had a friendly relationship with Tønne before his death. The book, entitled Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene ({{langx|en|Powerful and Powerless: Tore Tønne, Media and the Power Play Behind the Scenes}}), was published in 2003 and received considerable acclaim.{{cite news | url = http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/okonomi/1.552040 | title = Røkke har også skyld | newspaper = Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation | date = 7 May 2003 | access-date = 10 January 2010}}{{Cite news | last = Madsen | first = Per A. | url = http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/litteratur/article542045.ece | title = Nøkternt uten bastante konklusjoner | newspaper = Aftenposten | date = 23 October 2003 | access-date = 10 January 2010 | language = no}} Before becoming a political consultant he was one of four who applied for the position as director of the Institute for Journalism in 2006. He was not chosen{{Cite news | url = http://www.journalisten.no/story/29222 | title = Ivar Hippe vil bli IJ-sjef | magazine = Journalisten | date = 17 June 2006 | access-date = 28 February 2010 | language = no}} and instead became a consultant for the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, Gerd-Liv Valla.{{cite news | last = Tranøy | first = Torstein |author-link = Torstein Tranøy | page = 13 | title = Vil la SV-lederen tale for LO | newspaper = Dagens Næringsliv | date = 23 January 2003 | language = no }} In 2006 he worked for the Norwegian Foreign Ministry on the "Norwegian Project", a government-funded project with Brazil. According to Hippe the project works for an extensive social dialogue between the employers where they "deliberately chose cooperation and dialogue rather than confrontation and conflict with society around them".{{cite news | url = http://www.xmag.no/id/1431 | last = Nerdal | first = Roar | title = Hydros jungeleventyr | magazine = Verdensmagasinet X | publisher = www.xmag.org | date = 18 February 2010 | access-date = 28 February 2010 | language = no | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100407114520/http://www.xmag.no/id/1431 | archive-date = 7 April 2010 | url-status = dead }} As of 2010 he works as a consultant for the public relations company Agendum{{cite news | last = Johannessen | first = Janne | title = Bråk etter pr-skilsmisse | newspaper = Dagens Næringsliv | page = 34 | date = 18 May 2009 | language = no}} and Hippe Consult, a company owned by himself.{{cite news | url = http://www.dn.no/bedriftsbasen/proff/?companyNo=987871520&id=Z0HD6A5T&page=companyInfo | title = Hippe Consult AS | newspaper = Dagens Næringsliv | access-date = 28 February 2010 | language = no}} In May 2010 Hippe chaired a debate for the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police on the proposal to introduce data storage directives into Norwegian law.{{cite web | url = http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/jd/kampanjer/Horingsseminar-om-EUs-datalagringsdirektiv/Horingsseminar-om-EUs-datalagringsdirektiv.html?id=604932 | title = Høringsseminar om EUs datalagringsdirektiv | publisher = Government.no | access-date = 2 June 2010 | archive-date = 10 March 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210310135346/https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumentarkiv/stoltenberg-ii/jd/tema-og-redaksjonelt-innhold/kampanjesider/2010/Horingsseminar-om-EUs-datalagringsdirektiv/id604932/ |language = no }} Hippe briefly worked as the consultant to Ellen Kristin Dahl-Pedersen who was set to inherit parts of Ellen Ugland's fortune.{{cite news | url = http://www.aftenposten.no/okonomi/innland/article3944326.ece | last = Svela | first = Elling | title = Uglands datter-sønn arver alt | newspaper = Aftenposten | date = 10 December 2010 | access-date = 11 December 2010 | language = no | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101212215615/http://www.aftenposten.no/okonomi/innland/article3944326.ece | archive-date = 12 December 2010 }} Until very recently Hippe worked as boxer Cecilia Brækhus' media consultant officer.{{cite news | url = https://www.nrk.no/sport/mma-stjerne-slar-tilbake-mot-braekhus-_-blaser-nytt-liv-i-storkamp-1.14891500 | last = Svela | first = Elling | title = MMA-stjerne slår tilbake mot Brækhus – blåser nytt liv i storkamp | publisher = NRK | date = 5 February 2012 | access-date = 10 March 2021 | language = no | url-status = | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210310135000/https://www.nrk.no/sport/mma-stjerne-slar-tilbake-mot-braekhus-_-blaser-nytt-liv-i-storkamp-1.14891500 | archive-date = 10 March 2021 }}
Personal life
He is the older brother of Jon Hippe, the former leader of Fafo. He has two sons, Mathias and Trym, and a daughter, Olivia.{{Cite book | last = Hippe | first = Ivar | title = Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene | publisher = Genesis Publishers | year = 2003 | page = 13 | language = no | isbn = 82-476-0266-0 }}
Bibliography
- {{cite book|title=Avhengighet og demokrati: Brasils lange, usikre demokratiseringsprosess – en vei til demokratistabilisering?|year=1984}}
- {{cite book|title=Fra agitasjon til profesjonalitet. Sosialdemokratisk presse i Vest-Europa: den vanskelige overgangsprosessen|year=1987}}
- {{cite book|title=Det nye markedet i bedrifter: overnasjonalt eierbytte, finansspekulasjon og fusjonskontroll|year=1990}}
- {{cite book|title=Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene|year=2003}}
- {{cite book|title=Korstoget mot velferdsstaten: På innsiden av nyliberale tenketanker|year=2021}}
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