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Sten Dehlgren
Born(1881-05-26)26 May 1881
Stockholm, Sweden
Died21 November 1947(1947-11-21) (aged 66)
Stockholm
NationalitySwedish
Occupations
  • Navy officer
  • newspaper editor
EmployerDagens Nyheter

Sten Dehlgren (26 May 1881 – 21 November 1947) was a Swedish Navy officer and newspaper editor.

He was born in Stockholm to Alfred Teodor Dehlgren and Henrietta Sofia Malmgren. In 1922, he was appointed editor-in-chief of the newspaper Dagens Nyheter. He also served as chairman of the board of the news agency Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå for several years.

During the Second World War, he chaired the disciplinary and censorship committees Pressrådet [sv] (1939–1941) and Pressnämnden [sv] (from 1941).

He died in Stockholm in 1947.

References

  1. ^ "Sten F Dehlgren". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 1931. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. Adielsson, Ingrid (2007). "Det ofria ordet. Censur och tryckfrihet 1766-1810 och 1920-1945" (PDF). uu.diva-portal.org (in Swedish). Uppsala universitet. pp. 55–56. ISSN 1650-4267. Retrieved 9 September 2018.


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