Samtiden

Samtiden is a Norwegian political and literary magazine.

Samtiden

Editor	Magne Lerø (2022-present)
Former editors	Former editors Jørgen Brunchorst and Gerhard Gran (1890-1891) Gerhard Gran (1892-1925) Jacob S. Worm-Müller (1925-1940, 1945-1963) A. H. Winsnes (1940-1942) John Sanness (1963-1969) Torkel Opsahl (1969–79) Helge Rønning, Mariken Vaa and others (1979-1988) Trond Berg Eriksen (1989–1993) Thomas Hylland Eriksen (1993–2001) Knut Olav Åmås 2001–2006) Cathrine Sandnes (2006-2014)
Categories	politics, literature
Frequency	4 per year
Publisher	Aschehoug
Founded	1890; 135 years ago (1890)
Country	Norway
Language	Norwegian
Website	www.samtiden.no
ISSN	0036-3928
OCLC	464037763

History and profile

Samtiden was founded by Jørgen Brunchorst and Gerhard Gran in 1890.^[1][2] The magazine's first publisher was John Griegs forlag (Bergen), and from 1900 Aschehoug (Oslo).^[3]

Gran was the magazine's editor from 1892 to 1925. As of 2002 Thomas Hylland Eriksen was the editor-in-chief of the magazine.^[4] Cathrine Sandnes was editor-in-chief since 2006 to 2014.^[1]

Samtiden is a member of the Eurozine network.^[5]

Editors

• 1892–1925: Gerhard Gran^[1]
• 1925–1963: Jacob Worm-Müller (except 1940–1942)
• 1940–1942: Andreas Hofgaard Winsnes
• 1963–1969: John Sanness^[1]
• 1969–1979: Torkel Opsahl^[1]
• 1979–1988: Editorial committee (including Helge Rønning, Mariken Vaa [no] and others)
• 1989–1993: Trond Berg Eriksen
• 1993–2001: Thomas Hylland Eriksen
• 2001–2006: Knut Olav Åmås
• 2006–2014: Cathrine Sandnes
• 2014–2016: Different editor for each issue:
  • 4/2014: Lena Lindgren
  • 1/2015: Espen Søbye
  • 2/2015: Simen Ekern
  • 3/2015: Hege Ulstein [no]
  • 4/2015: Torgrim Eggen
  • 1/2016: Marta Breen
  • 2/2016: Christian Kjelstrup
  • 3–4/ 2016: Christine Amadou [no]
• 2017–2022: Christian Kjelstrup^[1]
• 2022– : Magne Lerø^[1]