Paul Gjesdahl was a Norwegian journalist and theatre critic. He was a theatre critic for the newspaper Dagbladet

Dagbladet

Dagbladet is Norway's second largest tabloid newspaper, and the third largest newspaper overall with a circulation of 105,255 copies in 2009, 18,128 papers less than in 2008. The editor in chief is Lars Helle....

from 1919 to 1930, for Tidens Tegn

Tidens Tegn

Tidens Tegn is a former Norwegian newspaper, issued in Oslo from 1910 to 1941.-Editors:The founder and first editor-in-chief of Tidens Tegn was Ola Thommessen, who edited the newspaper until 1917. Thommessen had recently left the editor chair of Verdens Gang in protest, bringing much of Verdens...

from 1930 to 1937, and for Arbeiderbladet from 1937 to 1967.

He was a chairman of the Norwegian Students' Society in 1919 and a member of Mot Dag

Mot Dag

Mot Dag was a Norwegian periodical and a communist organization with the same name.It was established in 1921 under the initiative of Erling Falk, partly with origins in the debate forum in the Social Democratic student government in Oslo ; partly from a Falk-led study circle which from 1919...

, a board member of the Norwegian Critics' Association

Norwegian Critics' Association

The Norwegian Critics' Association is an organization for Norwegian critics in the newspaper and broadcasting professions....

 for 36 years, and vice chairman of the Norwegian Broadcasting Council

Broadcasting Council (Norway)

The Broadcasting Council is an advisory board to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation .The role of the Broadcasting Council is to discuss and comment on NRK's programming agenda for Norwegian radio and television, as well as to advise on administrative and financial matters...

from 1946 to 1955.