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Else Michelet
Born (1942-02-16) 16 February 1942 (age 82)
Trondheim, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
Occupation(s)Journalist
Satirical writer
Songwriter
EmployerNorwegian Broadcasting Corporation
SpouseIngjald Ørbeck Sørheim
AwardsFritt Ord Honorary Award

Else Michelet (born 16 February 1942) is a Norwegian journalist, satirical writer and songwriter.

She was born in Trondheim as a daughter of teacher Frans Oscar Michelet (1906–1984) and housewife Synnøve Kulseng (1905–1981). The family moved to Bærum in 1947, and Michelet graduated from the University of Oslo with a cand.mag. degree. She has worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1967; in the radio from 1973. She contributed to the entertainment programs Nitimen and Reiseradioen, and worked with the weekly satirical radio show Hallo i uken from 1990. She was its producer from 1993 to 2009.[1][2]

She has also written several books: Sin egen herre: eventyr og annet ugress (1979), En annen historie (1981) and the novel Ariadnes tråd: et reiseliv (1988).[1] Michelet was awarded the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 2009.[3]

From 1977 to 1979 she was married to Ingjald Ørbeck Sørheim.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Else Michelet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b Norheim, Marta. "Else Michelet". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Priser – Fritt Ords Honnør" (in Norwegian). Fritt Ord. Retrieved 29 May 2010.