Dagmar Loe

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Dagmar Loe
Born
Dagmar Scheflo

(1923-01-19)19 January 1923
Norway
DiedMarch 2024(2024-03-00) (aged 101)
OccupationJournalist
Political partyLabour
SpouseErik Loe
Parent
RelativesPer Monsen (brother-in-law)
AwardsNarvesen Prize (1988)
Fritt Ord Honorary Award (1993)

Dagmar Loe (19 January 1923 – March 2024) was a Norwegian journalist. Assigned to NRK for three decades, she was a pioneer in bringing up controversial issues such as abortion, incest, rape, dementia, imprisonment of juveniles, and trading of weapons.

Loe was awarded the

Fritt Ord Honorary Award
in 1993.

Early life

Born as Dagmar Scheflo on 19 January 1923,

Second World War, the German occupation, and civil resistance from the population.[2] In the chaotic period following the German invasion, she and her family abandoned Oslo, heading northwards, eventually crossing the Swedish border east of Mo i Rana in May 1940. The 17-year-old Dagmar accompanied Nobel Prize laureate Sigrid Undset, famous for her anti-Nazi speeches, during the last part of the flight.[5]

She was also incarcerated at the

Grini concentration camp for a short period in February 1945;[1] Norsk fangeleksikon cites Flykningehjelp (refugee assistance) as cause of arrest.[6]

Career

She

freelance journalist for the magazine Forbrukerrapporten from 1961, and eventually fulltime.[2] In the 1960s, she wrote the books Landslaget for husstell-lærere 50 år. 1914–1964, and Kvinnens plass i framtidssamfunnet.[8]

In 1968, she was appointed television journalist for NRK, in the daily news magazine Dagsrevyen.[9] She was assigned to NRK for three decades,[2] and was a pioneer in bringing up taboo issues such as abortion, incest, and rape, as well as controversial issues like dementia, imprisonment of juveniles and trading of weapons.[9]

In 1988, Loe received the Narvesen Prize.[10] The jury emphasized her thorough work in contrast to tendencies of the time to be more quick and superficious.[2] She received the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 1993,[11] for her investigative journalism and unselfish work methods.[2]

A biography of Loe, written by Sidsel Meyer, was published in 2011.[2]

Personal life and death

She was married twice, first to journalist Gunnar Hærnes, second to journalist Erik Loe.[2] Her elder sister Beret was married to media executive Per Monsen from 1941 to 1950.[12]

Loe turned 100 on 19 January 2023. She died in March 2024, at the age of 101.[9][13]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 82-15-00288-9
    .
  2. ^
    doi:10.18261/ISSN0805-9535-2012-01-09
    . Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  3. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  4. ^ Terjesen, Einar A. (27 January 2023). "Olav Scheflo". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  5. ISBN 82-05-18401-1
    . Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  6. ^ Børre R. Giertsen, ed. (1946). "17857. Scheflo, Dagmar". Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 624.
  7. ISBN 82-7147-175-9
    .
  8. ^ "Loe, Dagmar 1923–". viaf.org. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Journalist Dagmar Loe er død". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  10. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  11. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  12. ^ Helle, Egil (27 January 2023). "Per Monsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Journalist Dagmar Loe er død". tv2.no (in Norwegian). 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.

Further reading

  • Meyer, Sidsel (2011). Dagmar Loe: reporter. Bergen: Happy Jam Factory.
Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Narvesen Prize
1988 		Succeeded by
Tor-Erik Røberg-Larsen
Per Ellingsen
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