Background
He was born in Sagene as a son of a weaver.
editor journalist Football player
He was born in Sagene as a son of a weaver.
He finished middle school in 1909, and was employed in the magazine Sport.
Andersen (5 April 1892 – 12 March 1964) was a Norwegian sports official and journalist. His most notable assignment here was reporting from the 1912 Summer Olympics, the stay at which he paid himself. He was hired in the labour movement newspaper Social-Demokraten as a sports journalist.
He left for political reasons in 1919 and was hired in Aftenposten.
He was promoted to sub-editor in 1925 and news editor in 1945. He retired in 1963. He is known for recruiting Sverre Mitsem to write the satirical column "SORRY est
Trollhaugens Tass" for Aftenposten. Mitsem did so from 1946 to 1996.
Andersen also founded, published and edited the magazine Idrettsliv from 1915 to 1928.
In 1945 he contributed to Oslopressen. He wrote several books Andersen was active in the sport of association football, and officiated matches at the 1924 Summer Olympics as well as three Norwegian football cup finals and the inauguration match of Ullevaal stadion in 1926.
He co-founded and played for SFK Njord from 1912.
The club was a predecessor of Skeid. He also commented football matches in the early age of Norwegian radio.
He was a board member of the Football Association of Norway from 1914 to 1918 and 1926 to 1926, and secretary from 1918 to 1925.
