Anders Magnus

Last updated
Anders Magnus, 2011. Anders Magnus Cebu City 2011 HarryWad A.jpg
Anders Magnus, 2011.

Anders Magnus (born 10 April 1952) is a Norwegian journalist, author and television reporter.

Magnus was born in Oslo and took the cand.mag. degree in 1976. He was hired in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in 1978, and after tenures in Bergens Tidende from 1982 to 1992 and TV 2 from 1992 to 1998 he returned to NRK in 1998. [1] He served as the NRK correspondent covering all of Africa from 1998 to 2002, [1] and later as correspondent covering Asia from 2010 to 2014. [2] [3]

He has authored several books, including Min afrikanske reise (My African journey; 2004) about his time in Africa. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Socialist Youth (Norway)</span>

Socialist Youth is the youth league of the Socialist Left Party of Norway. The current head of the organisation is Synnøve Kronen Snyen. SU considers itself a revolutionary party consisting of Marxists.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emil Nikolaisen</span> Musical artist

Emil Nikolaisen is a Norwegian musician, record producer and recording engineer. He's best known as the frontman and songwriter of alternative rock band Serena-Maneesh and former drummer of punk rock band Silver. Nikolaisen was previously the drummer of pop group The Loch Ness Mouse, guitarist and songwriter for indie rock band Royal, and guitarist for metal band Extol.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anne Holt</span> Norwegian author, lawyer and former Minister of Justice

Anne Holt is a Norwegian author, lawyer and former Minister of Justice.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anders Anundsen</span> Norwegian politician

Anders Anundsen is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who served as Minister of Justice from 2013 to 2016. He was also a member of the Norwegian parliament, representing Vestfold from 2005 to 2017.

Fritz Richard Herrmann, MBE was a Norwegian journalist, writer and radio personality.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oddvar Stenstrøm</span> Norwegian journalist

Oddvar Stenstrøm is a Norwegian journalist and former host of the TV2 debate program Holmgang.

Jon Gelius is a Norwegian journalist.

Marit Christensen was a Norwegian journalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ingrid Espelid Hovig</span> Norwegian chef and author

Ingrid Espelid Hovig was a Norwegian television chef and author of cook books. Through appearances on her cooking show Fjernsynskjøkkenet over 26 years, between 1970 and 1996, she came to be considered the "culinary mother" of the country, with the comparison "the Julia Child of Norway" often applied.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tomm Kristiansen</span> Norwegian author and journalist (1950–2022)

Tomm Kristiansen was a Norwegian author and journalist, known for his work as foreign news correspondent for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). Amongst Norwegians he is known as "the voice from Africa", through his job as news correspondent, based in Harare 1990–1994 and Cape Town 2002–2006. He has been host of numerous radio and TV programs in Norway.

Events in the year 1934 in Norway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Didrik Solli-Tangen</span> Norwegian singer (born 1987)

Didrik Solli-Tangen is a Norwegian singer who represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "My Heart Is Yours".

Pål Anders Ullevålseter is a Norwegian rally raid motorcycle rider.

Annette Groth is a Norwegian journalist working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

Lars Sigurd Sunnanå is a Norwegian journalist.

Document.no is a Norwegian far-right anti-immigration online newspaper. Academics have identified Document.no as an anti-Muslim website permeated by the Eurabia conspiracy theory. The website received global media attention in connection with the 2011 Norway attacks due to its association with perpetrator Anders Behring Breivik, a former comment section poster on the website.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anders Behring Breivik</span> Norwegian far-right domestic terrorist

Fjotolf Hansen, better known by his birth name Anders Behring Breivik, is a Norwegian neo-Nazi terrorist. He is known primarily for committing the 2011 Norway attacks on 22 July 2011, in which he killed eight people by detonating a van bomb at Regjeringskvartalet in Oslo, and then killed 69 participants of a Workers' Youth League (AUF) summer camp, in a mass shooting on the island of Utøya.

Anders Tvegård is a Norwegian journalist. He was US-correspondent for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) based in Washington, D.C., from 2010 to 2014. Tvegård previously worked at the foreign news desk and as news anchor on the same channel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kristin Solberg</span> Norwegian journalist and author (born 1982)

Kristin Solberg is a Norwegian journalist and author. She is the Middle East correspondent for NRK and presently based in Beirut. Previously she covered the Middle East and South Asia forAftenposten.

Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Icebreaker" written by Agnete Johnsen, Gabriel Alares and Ian Curnow. The song was performed by Agnete. The Norwegian broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2016 in order to select the Norwegian entry for the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. Ten entries competed in a show that took place on 27 February 2016 and the winner was determined over two rounds of public televoting. The top four entries in the first round of voting advanced to the competition's second round—the Gold Final. In the second round of public televoting, "Icebreaker" performed by Agnete was selected as the winner with 166,728 votes.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Anders Magnus". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  2. "Steinfeld tilbake til Moskva" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 9 February 2010.
  3. "Her er NRKs nye korrespondenter" (in Norwegian). NRK. 18 February 2014.
Media offices
Preceded by NRK correspondent in Africa
19982002
Succeeded by
Preceded by NRK correspondent in Asia
2010–2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by NRK correspondent in the United States
20172021
Succeeded by