{{Short description|Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer}} {{Use dmy dates | date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Sigrun Slapgard | image = Sigrun-Slapgard.jpg | caption = Slapgard in 2011 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|10|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Hemsedal, Norway | education = | alma_mater = University of Oslo | occupation = Non-fiction writer<br>Journalist<br/>Novelist | years_active = | employer = | notable_works = | awards = Melsom Prize <br/> Nynorsk Literature Prize }}

'''Sigrun Slapgard''' (born 20 October 1953) is a Norwegian journalist, novelist and non-fiction writer. She worked as journalist for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and has written novels and biographies of Lise Lindbæk, Sigrid Undset and Werna Gerhardsen. Her awards include the Melsom Prize and the Nynorsk Literature Prize.

==Career== Slapgard was born in Hemsedal, and graduated as cand.mag. from the University of Oslo in 1980.<ref name=snl/>

She worked as journalist for NRK from 1988, where she presented programs such as the actuality magazine {{lang|no|{{ill|Redaksjon 21|no}}}}, the foreign affairs television magazine {{lang|no|{{ill|Utenriksmagasinet|no}}}}, and its sequel {{lang|no|Urix}}. Her 2002 book ''Krigens penn'', a biography on war reporter Lise Lindbæk, earned her the Melsom Prize. In 2003 she wrote the book ''Krig og løgn'', discussing media ethics and the Iraq War. She wrote a biography on novelist and Nobel laureate in Literature Sigrid Undset in 2007.<ref name=snl/>

She wrote the novel {{lang|no|Paradishagen}} in 2011.<ref name=snl/> In 2013 she was awarded the Nynorsk Literature Prize, for the novel {{lang|no|Englestien}}.<ref name=nynorskpris>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Nynorsk litteraturpris |first=Stina Aasen |last=Lødemel |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-first=Erik | editor-last=Bolstad |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Nynorsk_litteraturpris |language=no |access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> This was an independent contiuation of the previous {{lang|no|Paradishagen}}, and largely based on her own experiences.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sjukdom og død i nær familie fikk Sigrun Slapgard til å innse hva hun som journalist har utsatt intervjuobjekter for |first=Kathrine |last=Geard |date=19 October 2013 |url=https://www.journalisten.no/sjukdom-og-dod-i-naer-familie-fikk-sigrun-slapgard-til-a-innse-hva-hun-som-journalist-har-utsatt-intervjuobjekter-for/138299 |work=Journalisten |access-date=24 March 2025 |language=no}}</ref> Further books are the novel {{lang|no|Maleren}} from 2015, and the non-fiction books {{lang|no|Eg har sett jaguaren: latinamerikanske historier}} (2018), and {{lang|no|Eit hemmeleg liv: spesialagent og spaniafrivillig}} (2020).<ref name=snl/>

In 2024 she wrote a biography of Werna Gerhardsen, titled {{lang|no|Werna Gerhardsen &ndash; jenta fra Løkka}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sigrun Slapgard |url=https://www.forfattersentrum.no/forfattere/641024ca0061212de6c31e6a |website=forfattersentrum.no |access-date=24 March 2025 |language=no}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=March 2025}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=Anmeldelse: Fru Gerhardsen |first=Bjørn Ivar |last=Fyksen |date=28 September 2024 |url=https://klassekampen.no/artikkel/2024-09-28/fru-gerhardsen |url-access=subscription |work=Klassekampen |access-date=27 March 2025 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Hvem var Werna Gerhardsen |first=Hanne |last=Mauno |date=22 September 2024 |url=https://frifagbevegelse.no/dagsavisen/hvem-var-werna-gerhardsen-6.469.1078349.10a58d228e |website=frifagbevegelse.no |access-date=27 March 2025 |language=no}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist |refs= <ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Sigrun Slapgard |first=Anne Berit |last=Klungsøyr |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-first=Erik | editor-last=Bolstad |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Sigrun_Slapgard |language=no |access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> }}

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