Jon Martin Larsen

Jon Martin Larsen (born 1975) is a Norwegian journalist, media executive, government official, humanitarian and LGBT rights activist.

He has worked as a journalist or editor with Verdens Gang and Dagsavisen, as editor-in-chief and CEO of the newspaper Akershus Amtstidende and as a communications director with the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud, the Norwegian Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

He lectures in journalism at Kristiania University College, where he researches the use of communication to improve the lives of the LGBT+ community.

He has also been active within the National Association for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender People and was a candidate for the presidency of the organization in 2016.

[1] He lectures in journalism at the Kristiania University College, where he researches the use of communication to improve the lives of the LGBT+ community.