Gidske Anderson

Gidske Anderson (4 November 1921 – 19 October 1993) was a Norwegian journalist, editor and author. ^[1]

Biography

She was born in Oslo, Norway. Her parents were Yngve Anderson (1892-–1981) and Gidske Halvorsen (1895–1985). She studied at Aars og Voss skole and graduated from the State Teachers' School (Statens teiknelärarskole) at

She debuted as an author with Mørk fest in 1962. As author, Anderson wrote books of poetry, memoirs and biographies. She published her autobiography Det hendte meg in 1983 and completed biographies on both Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvard Lange (1902–1970) and Norwegian Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli (1910–1984) as well as of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sigrid Undset (1882–1949).^[2]

In 1962, she received the Narvesen Prize (Narvesen prisen) for her journalism in the press and broadcasting. She sat on the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1981 to 1993, and chaired it in part of 1990 following the death of Egil Aarvik (1912-1990). The remaining period she was the committee's first deputy chair.^{[2] [4]}

She died during 1993 and was buried at Vestre gravlund in Oslo.^{[citation needed]}

Selected works

• Mørk fest, 1962
• Mennesker i Paris, 1964
• En reise i Amerika, 1968
• De ytre banker, 1971
• Veier og vandringer, 1972
• Når diktning blir forbrytelse, 1976
• Fjære, 1977
• Fra stalinisme til sosialdemokrati, 1979
• Krigene etter krigen, 1980
• Halvard Lange — portrett av en nordmann, 1981
• Det hendte meg, 1983
• Trygve Bratteli, 1984
• Bedre kan jeg ikke fare ..., 1987
• Sigrid Undset. Et liv, 1991

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