Bernt A. Nissen

Bernt August Nissen (18 July 1892 – 17 June 1970) was a Norwegian journalist, biographer and film censor.

In 1922 he came to Stavanger Aftenblad as deputy editor when Lars Oftedal (1877–1932) left to pursue a position with the National Government.

He was political editor of the newspaper Dagbladet from 1928 to 1931 after the departure of Einar Skavlan who became director for the National Theatre in Oslo.

[2] From 1931 until 1962, he was head of the State Film Center (Statens Filmkontroll) which was in charge of rating movies.

He wrote a biography on politician Gunnar Knudsen in 1957, and two volumes of the book series Vårt folks historie from 1964.