Background
He was born in Bergen as the son of Julius Peder Voksø (1888–1937) and Gudrun Larssen (1891–1972).
He was born in Bergen as the son of Julius Peder Voksø (1888–1937) and Gudrun Larssen (1891–1972).
He took commerce school in 1941 and examen artium in 1944. In 1945 he started as a journalist in Bergen"s Christian newspaper, Dagen. They got four children together.
He was hired as subeditor of Vår Kirke in 1954, and Morgenposten in 1957.
In late 1966 he was promoted to editor-in-chief He succeeded Asbjørn Engen.
However, shortly after the newspaper was bought by industrialist Sverre Munck. The previous owner was Libertas, a semi-secret libertarian organization.
Voksø ran afoul with the new owner, and resigned after only three months in the editor"s chairman
He was succeeded by acting editor Gunnar Kristiansen. Until his retirement in 1986, Voksø worked as editor of publishing in Det Beste, the Norwegian version of the Reader"s Digest. He died in December 2002 in Oslo.
Voksø chaired Young Men’s Christian Association Norway from 1955 to 1964 and was a member of the executive committee of the international Young Men’s Christian Association from 1955 to 1961 and 1968 to 1974. He was also a board member of the Church City Mission and Norwegian Church Aid, and chaired the latter organization from 1980 to 1986.