Kari Storækre

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Kari Storækre (born 22 June 1950) is a Norwegian television personality.

Biography[edit]

She grew up in Stavanger[1] as a daughter of Jon and Ulla Storækre. She was married to Arne Treholt from 1977 to 1985, until he was thoroughly scandalized in an espionage case.[2] In 1987 she married her colleague, the Swede Åke Wilhelmsson.[1]

In her early career, she worked as a journalist in Arbeiderbladet and Verdens Gang.[3] From 1978 into the early 1980s she hosted the talk show Unnskyld at jeg spør together with different hosts, with Frantz Saksvik being a mainstay.[4][5][6] In 1983, she hosted an informational series on computer technology named Datahverdag.[7] When Arne Treholt was arrested in 1984, there were talks about removing Storækre from the air, but she was allowed to continue.[8] In the same year, she was awarded the Se og Hør readers' TV personality of the year award.[9]

As discovered by the Lund Commission, Storækre was subject to secret police surveillance. The prolonged Treholt case took its toll and she migrated to Sweden where she worked with television,[1] among others the breakfast show God morgen, Skandinavia.[3] She later moved back to Norway.[1] She has written the books God tur til Paris (1985) and I søkelyset (1993); both have been translated to Swedish.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Alver, Erik (9 October 2010). "Oppgjørets time". Dagbladet Magasinet (in Norwegian).
  2. ^ Stanghelle, Harald. "Arne Treholt". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  3. ^ a b Syversen, Anita Fleime (26 March 1988). "– God morgen, Norge!". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 40.
  4. ^ "Garantert suksess". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 18 March 1978. p. 6.
  5. ^ Maaland, Borghild (2 January 1981). "Uhøytidelig samtale uten krangel". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). p. 36.
  6. ^ Johansen, Arnstein (3 February 1984). "Kari i TV igjen". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). p. 7.
  7. ^ Friis, Ruben (13 September 1983). "Kari datafrøken". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). p. 52.
  8. ^ Wærhaug, Sølvi (5 April 1984). "Kari på skjermen – NRK slo kontra". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). p. 10.
  9. ^ "Frøya med Årets TV-navn for femte gang". Hitra-Frøya (in Norwegian). 22 December 2009. p. 13.
  10. ^ List of publications in BIBSYS
Awards
Preceded by Se og Hør's TV Personality of the Year
1984
(with Simon Flem Devold)
Succeeded by