Kåre Fasting
{{Short description|Norwegian journalist (1907–1983)}}
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Kåre Fasting (1907–1983) was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, novelist, biographer and non-fiction writer. He was a journalist for the newspaper Bergens Tidende from 1935, and edited Nidaros from 1945 to 1950. His literary début was the novel Havet gav from 1935.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Kåre Bøgh Fasting |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Kåre_Bøgh_Fasting |language=Norwegian | accessdate=11 October 2010 }}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Kåre Fasting |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Gunnar Hagen |last=Hartvedt |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Kåre_Fasting/utdypning |language=Norwegian|accessdate=11 October 2010}}
Personal life
Born in Østre Aker (now Oslo) on 14 August 1907, Fasting was a son of Michael Fasting and Louise Larsen. He married Ruth Clausen in 1931.
Fasting died in Oslo on 4 February 1983.
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