Anne Sender

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Anne Sender
Born (1956-11-01) 1 November 1956 (age 66)
Skien, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Awards Fritt Ord Award (2014)

Anne Sender (born 1 November 1956) is a Norwegian lecturer and debater, and a recipient of the Fritt Ord Award.

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Biography

Sender was born in Skien on 1 November 1956. [1] She graduated in ballet dance from the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in 1974, and was running a dance school from 1977 to 1982. [2]

Having converted to Judaism as an adult, she was a board member of the Jewish society in Oslo from 1991 to 2001, and chaired the society from 2005 to 2011. Her books include Vår jødiske reise from 2013. She received the Fritt Ord Award in 2014. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Garvik, Olav. "Anne Sender". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. Osberg, Sigurd (2008). "Sender, Anne". In Åmås, Knut Olav (ed.). Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 513–514. ISBN   978-82-03-23561-0.
  3. Vår jødiske reise. OCLC   1028467107 . Retrieved 3 April 2021 via worldcat.org.
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