Lars Sørensen (editor)
Introduction '''Lars Sørensen''' (November 26, 1905 – 1987) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician in Drammen.Sørensen was born in Oslo, Norway. He graduated from Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1929.He was an electrical engineer by education, and also a nephew of Nils Mikael Raknerud (1881–1937), editor in the newspapers ''Drammens Tidende og Buskerud Blad''. He was a journalist at ''Drammen Tidende'' and ''Buskerud Blad'' 1934–1937.In 1937, following the death of  Raknerud,  he succeeded as editor-in-chief of both newspapers. He stepped down in 1945, only to return for a second period from 1961 to 1977.Sørensen served as a board member in the Drammen department of the Norwegian Engineering Association 1937–1941.He was a member of Drammen city council from 1936 to 1945, except for a period from 1940 to 1945 during the Nazi German occupation of Norway. He later returned as a councilman from 1951 to 1971.From 1964 he was a member of Buskerud county council.
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