 When "Mot Dag" was dissolved in 1936, Hegna again became a member of the Norwegian Labour Party.Between 1939 and 1940 he was the editor of "Vestfold Arbeiderblad", and in 1940 he became editor of "1ste Mai" (now "Rogalands Avis") in Stavanger.During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, the newspaper was closed after publishing the headline "Ingen nordmann til salgs!"