Background
He was born in Kristiania as a son of physician Hans L. C. Huitfeldt (1876–1969) and Gudrun Schibsted (1881–1966).
journalist contributing editor
He was born in Kristiania as a son of physician Hans L. C. Huitfeldt (1876–1969) and Gudrun Schibsted (1881–1966).
He finished his secondary education in 1926 and took economics at Oxford University in 1929. He was hired in Aftenposten in 1930. Here he was promoted to subeditor in 1935 and editor-in-chief in 1945.
He retired in 1973.
During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, was imprisoned by the Nazi authorities and held in Grini concentration camp from 13 January to 24 December 1942. He died in 1979.