Jørgen Hustad

Jørgen Ludolf Pedersen Hustad (29 January 1896 – 31 May 1978) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.

He was born in Gildeskål Municipality as a son of laborer Petter Hustad (1856–1947) and Helene Sofie Jensen (1859–1933).

[1] As editor he was sentenced to 90 days of light detention for encouraging the 1924 military strike.

After the Second World War the newspaper resurfaced again, with the name Demokraten and with Jørgen Hustad as editor in 1945.

[1] He continued campaigning politically after his 75th birthday, among others as an activist for the proposed Norwegian European Communities membership in 1972.