Anderson, Gidske

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Name
Anderson, Gidske Gender: F
born on 4 November 1921 at 09:40 (= 09:40 AM )
Place Oslo, Norway, 59n55, 10e45
Timezone MET h1e (is standard time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Viktor
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_scocol.18.gif 11°24' s_mo.18.gif s_capcol.18.gif 04°43 Asc.s_scocol.18.gif 27°54'



Gidske Anderson
photo: Rigmor Dahl Delphin (1908–1993), license cc-by-sa-3.0

Biography

Norwegian journalist, writer, and politician of the Labour Party. During World War II she was part of the communist resistance movement. After the war she worked as a journalist at Friheten ('The Freedom'), the Norwegian Communist Party's own newspaper. In 1948 she travelled to Paris where she worked as a freelance journalist and later freelance correspondent for Arbeiderbladet, the party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, and the daily radio news for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

1981-1993 she was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize. She eventually became its leader and held this position when the award was given to Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990.

She published three poetry collections and several books on social conditions, politics, and literature, as well as biographies of Sigrid Undset and Trygve Bratteli.

Anderson died on 19 October 1993 in Oslo, Norway, aged 71.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

Source Notes

Viktor E. quotes certificate of live birth in hand.

Categories

  • Family : Relationship : Married late/never (Never)
  • Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation
  • Vocation : Writers : Biographer
  • Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist
  • Vocation : Writers : Poet
  • Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction