"Behind the Fronts: Norway", Journal of Contemporary History 1970/3

Tedd Urnes (former Johansen) (b.1944) is Senior Adviser at The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) . Degree in Librarianship 1970, Oslo, Norway. Since 1970 – 1972 he worked as archivist in the former Norwegian insurance company called: “Norske Folk, Livs-og Pensjonsforsikring “. Head of the Research Library of The Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD) 1972 – 1976. Head of The Film and Videotape Library of The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) since December 1976 – 2003.He was granted leave from NRK to work for The International Federation of Televison Archives (FIAT/IFTA) as General Secretary for two years: 2000 – 2002. Senior Adviser for the Archive & Research Department of NRK 2003 - .

Tedd Urnes was a member of the Board of FIAT/IFTA from 1990 till 2002. He was President of FIAT/IFTA from 1994 till 1998 and Vice-President since 1998 till 2000. He has chaired the Latin American regional working group (LARG) and the Technical Commission of FIAT/IFTA.