Tom Hetland

Tom Magnar Hetland (born 10 July 1954 in Sandnes) is a Norwegian journalist and editor.

He majored in history at the University of Bergen, with minors in Norwegian and Russian.

He was hired as a journalist Stavanger Aftenblad in 1986 and became political editor in 1998.

In 2002 he was appointed acting chief editor; the position was made permanent in 2003.

Hetland was chief editor of Stavanger Aftenblad from 2002 to 2011, and was succeeded by Lars Helle.