– One of the things I like about Dagsnytt on news is that it is recognizable with thoroughness and credibility, and not sensationalism. This is what Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre says in connection with his 90th birthday. Støre is one of 1.3 million Norwegians who get Dagsnytt every day. Even in the middle of the night – at 03:00 – around 50,000 Norwegians listen to the three minutes of news. Dagsnytt’s Vidar Eidhammer sent Dagsnytt on Monday from Spikersuppa in Oslo Centrum. Photo: Christian Breidlid / news “The voice from London” news was established on 1 July 1933. On the day one year later, Dagsnytt went on air for the first time. Toralv Øksnevad reads the first news broadcast on 9 April 1940, the day Norway was invaded by Germany. Photo: Aktuell/NTB In 1934, today’s news headquarters at Marienlyst had not been built. The first broadcast was therefore sent from news’s premises in central Oslo. In the autumn of 1933, Toralv Øksnevad was appointed head of the news and current affairs department at the newly established news. It was in that position that on Tuesday 1 July 1934 he got the job of reading out the first Dagsnytt broadcast on 1 July 1934. Øksnevad later became known as “The Voice from London” because he conveyed news’s news from London during the German occupation from 1940 until 1945. Tone Nordahl is one of Dagsnytt’s presenters today. Here she marks the day next to a statue of Toralv Øksnevad, the man who read the first bulletin 90 years ago. Photo: Hanna Johre / news Listener for over 80 years One of the most loyal Dagsnytt listeners is Odd Grann. He is 92 years old and says that he has been listening to Dagsnytt since he was 11 years old. – “This is London”. It is the first thing that sticks in my memory, says Grann today. And refers precisely to the broadcasts to Øksnevad. Since then, Grann has been a regular listener. Today he calls himself an addict. – The radio is addictive. So I listen to the news every day. Have done it all my adult life. Been dependent on it, also in terms of work, says Odd Grann. 92-year-old Odd Grann has listened to Dagsnytt for over 80 years. Photo: news Does not turn off the radio The 92-year-old does not have much understanding for those who choose to avoid Dagsnytt because they do not want to hear about war and misery. – Life consists of darkness and light. This also applies to the news. If you want to see the light, you have to feel the darkness, he says. – Turning off the radio means closing yourself off from the world. For me it is completely unthinkable, Odd Grann. Coffee and technology – central things in Dagsnytt’s 90-year history. Photo: Christian Breidlid / news To trust The old Dagsnytt listener cites credibility as the reason why he listens to Dagsnytt, over 80 years after the first time. – That it is up to date. That it means we stay up to date all the time. That we are always on. And know what is going on around the world. That’s probably it for me. Because I trust it, says Odd Grann. And he is followed by the prime minister: – In a time with a lot of fake news, Dagsnytt and news’s news are an important reference point when it is flooded with impressions of news from all other channels, says Støre. Published 01.07.2024, at 12.59 Updated 01.07.2024, at 18.05
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Støre hyller Daily news on the 90th anniversary – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
