Frode Kristoffersen

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Frode Kristoffersen
Born
Frode Jelling Kristoffersen

9 August 1931
Sønderborg, Denmark
Died20 March 2016(2016-03-20) (aged 84)
Aabenraa, Denmark
OccupationJournalist
Years active1950s–2010

Frode Kristoffersen (1931–2016) was a Danish journalist and politician who served at the European Parliament. He worked for various Danish media outlets.

Biography

Kristoffersen was born in Sønderborg, Southern Jutland, on 9 August 1931. [1] [2] He started his career as a trainee journalist at Tønder Amtstidende in 1948. [3] He worked for various Danish newspapers such as Jyllands-Posten , Vestkysten , and Dagens Nyheter until 1961. [4] Then he joined the Danmarks Radio (DR) and was its correspondent in different European cities, including Berlin, London, Brussels, Strasbourg and Bonn, until 1979. [5] [4] Next he was the presenter and producer of a program about the history of Southern Jutland entitled Frodes Historier on TV Syd in 2002 and 2010. [5]

He became a substitute member of the European Parliament in 1988. [2] [5] He served there between 1994 and 1999 for the Conservative People's Party. [2] [5]

Kristoffersen died in Aabenraa on 20 March 2016 after a long illness. [1] [5]

His book, Journalist i byen: med unge Frode rundt i landet, was published in 2021. [3] It is about the Danish cities and magazines where Frode Kristoffersen lived and worked. [3]

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References

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