Gro Holm

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Gro Holm
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Born (1958-04-11) 11 April 1958 (age 66)
Oslo
NationalityNorwegian
Occupation(s)News editor and correspondent for Washington D.C. for NRK
Spouse(s) Trond Nordby (formerly)
[[Kai Eide 24 til 2019
Children5 (total)

Gro Holm (born 11 April 1958) is a Norwegian news editor and correspondent.

She was hired in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1982. From 1994 to 1998, she served as their Moscow correspondent. She was later foreign affairs editor of the news division before being appointed as director of national and district news in 2005. [2] She was let go in September 2008 after disagreeing with the leadership on a proposed organizational model. [3] In 2013, she was appointed as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's correspondent in Washington, D.C. [4]

She was married to professor of political history, Trond Nordby, before marrying high-ranking diplomat Kai Eide. [5] She has three daughters from her first marriage; her current husband had two earlier. The couple reside in Lommedalen. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Snl.no
  2. ↑ Dalland, Eline (18 February 2006). "- Oppdratt til å megle". VG Helg (in Norwegian). p. 10.
  3. ↑ Dahl, Ingvill Dybfest (24 June 2008). "NRK-topper blir fristilt - uenige om ny organisasjon". VG (in Norwegian). pp. 46–47.
  4. ↑ "NRK ansetter fire nye korrespondenter" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 13 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Hustad, Jon. "Størst! Men best?". Klassekampen (in Norwegian). 18 June 2005.
  6. ↑ Nilsen, Freddy (14 March 2012). "Internasjonal langpendler". Budstikka (in Norwegian). p. 52.
Media offices
Preceded by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation correspondent in Moscow
1994–1998
(joint with Jan Espen Kruse 1994–1996,
joint with Morten Jentoft 1996–1998)		Succeeded by
Preceded by Director of national and district news, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
2005–2008		Succeeded by
Preceded by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation correspondent in Washington, DC
2013–2017		Succeeded by


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