Odd Grythe
Odd Horn Grythe (14 November 1918 – 7 February 1995) was a Norwegian radio and television personality.
Personal life
He was born in Lillehammer as a son of a travelling salesman. He had four older siblings. From 1955 to 1958 he was married to Kirsten Sørlie. In March 1962 he married Ada Haug.[1] With his first wife he had the daughter Hilde Grythe, who married Terje Tønnesen.[2]
Career
He
Labour Party. He worked in Lillehammer og omlands tiltaksråd from 1950 to 1953, and from 1953 to 1959 as a film producing assistant and producer.[1]
In 1959 he was hired as program secretary in
Se og Hør readers' TV personality of the year award.[5] He also received the Humanist Prize from the Norwegian Humanist Association in 1989.[1]
Part of his qualifications for the job stemmed from him touring retirement homes and sanatoria with musical acts. He continued doing so after retiring from television. In 1988 he released his memoirs, Dette husker jeg... (a play on Husker du...). He died in February 1995 in Oslo.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Dahl, Hans Fredrik. "Odd Grythe". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ISBN 82-15-00288-9.
- ^ ESC National Finals database 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
- Hitra-Frøya(in Norwegian). 22 December 2009. p. 13.
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