# Gidske Anderson

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**Gidske Anderson** (4 November 1921 – 19 October 1993) was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) journalist, editor and author.[1]

## Biography

She was born in Oslo, Norway to Yngve Anderson (1892-–1981) and Gidske Halvorsen (1895–1985). She studied at Aars og Voss skole and graduated from the State Teachers' School (*Statens teiknelärarskole*) at [Notodden](/source/Notodden). She worked for the [Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Norwegian_Broadcasting_Corporation) (NRK) and then the newspaper *[Arbeiderbladet](/source/Dagsavisen)* (1954–64) in [Paris](/source/Paris). From 1964 to 1967 she was a freelance journalist in the United States. She became editor of the foreign affairs section of *Arbeiderbladet* from 1967 to 1972, and then was Paris correspondent for NRK from 1973 to 1975.[2][3]

She debuted as an author with *Mørk fest* in 1962 and wrote memoirs, biographies and poetry. She published her autobiography *Det hendte meg* in 1983 and authored biographies on [Norwegian Foreign Minister](/source/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Norway)) [Halvard Lange](/source/Halvard_Lange) (1902–1970), Norwegian Prime Minister [Trygve Bratteli](/source/Trygve_Bratteli) (1910–1984) and Nobel Prize-winning novelist [Sigrid Undset](/source/Sigrid_Undset) (1882–1949).[2]

In 1962, she received the Narvesen Prize (*Narvesen prisen*) for print and broadcasting journalism. She sat on the [Norwegian Nobel Committee](/source/Norwegian_Nobel_Committee) from 1981 to 1993, and chaired it in part of 1990 following the death of [Egil Aarvik](/source/Egil_Aarvik) (1912-1990). The remaining period she was the committee's first deputy chair.[2][4]

She died in October 1993 and was buried at [Vestre gravlund](/source/Vestre_gravlund) in Oslo.[citation needed]

## Selected works

- *Mørk fest*, 1962
- *Mennesker i Paris*, 1964
- *En reise i Amerika*, 1968
- *De ytre banker*, 1971
- *Veier og vandringer*, 1972
- *Når diktning blir forbrytelse*, 1976
- *Fjære*, 1977
- *Fra stalinisme til sosialdemokrati*, 1979
- *Krigene etter krigen*, 1980
- *Halvard Lange — portrett av en nordmann*, 1981
- *Det hendte meg*, 1983
- *Trygve Bratteli*, 1984
- *Bedre kan jeg ikke fare ...*, 1987
- *Sigrid Undset. Et liv*, 1991

## References

1. Olav Garvik. ["Gidske Anderson"](https://snl.no/Gidske_Anderson). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2018.

1. Bengt Calmeyer. ["Gidske Anderson"](https://nbl.snl.no/Gidske_Anderson). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2018.

1. ["Gidske Anderson; Nobel Prize Official"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-24-mn-49186-story.html). *Los Angeles Times*. October 24, 1993. Retrieved June 1, 2018.

1. [Norwegian Nobel Institute](/source/Norwegian_Nobel_Institute). ["Anderson, Gidske"](http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/articles/committee/nnclist/bios/anderson.html). Retrieved 16 October 2009.

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