Gidske Anderson (4 November 1921 – 19 October 1993) was a Norwegian journalist, editor and author.
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. She worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) and then the newspaper Arbeiderbladet (1954–64) in 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.
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 Halvard Lange (1902–1970), Norwegian Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli (1910–1984) and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sigrid Undset (1882–1949).
In 1962, she received the Narvesen Prize (Narvesen prisen) for print and broadcasting journalism. She sat on the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1981 to 1993, and chaired it in part of 1990 following the death of Egil Aarvik (1912-1990). The remaining period she was the committee's first deputy chair.
She died in October 1993 and was buried at Vestre gravlund in Oslo.
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
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