Background
Stavrum was born in Kristiansund, and grew up in Bergen and Kristiansand.
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Gunnar Stavrum
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Career
Since 2003 he has been chief editor of the online newspaper Nettavisen. He began his career as a substitute journalist for Fædrelandsvennen in 1982, and for Norsk Rikskringkasting Sørlandet in 1983. He was hired as a journalist for Bergens Tidende in 1985, and became managing editor of Kapital in 1990, and of Dagens Næringsliv in 1993.
He worked as a reporter for television 2 from 1996 to 2000, and from 2000 he was manager of television 2 Interaktiv AS. Since 2003 he has been chief editor of Nettavisen (named television 2 Nettavisen until 2008), and executive director of Mediehuset Nettavisen AS from 2008.
As an author he has written biographies about Norwegian billionaires John Fredriksen, Petter Stordalen and Kjell Inge Røkke. In 2015 he was awarded the "opinion carrier of the year" by the Oslo Editor"s Association.
