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Else Michelet

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Else Michelet
Born(1942-02-16)16 February 1942
Trondheim, Norway
Died3 May 2021(2021-05-03) (aged 79)
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
Occupation(s)Journalist
Satirical writer
Songwriter
EmployerNorwegian Broadcasting Corporation
SpouseIngjald Ørbeck Sørheim
AwardsFritt Ord Honorary Award

Else Michelet (16 February 1942 – 3 May 2021) was a Norwegian journalist, satirical writer and songwriter.

Early and personal life

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Michelet was born in Trondheim as a daughter of teacher Frans Oscar Michelet (1906–1984) and housewife Synnøve née Kulseng (1905–1981). The family moved to Bærum in 1947, and Michelet graduated from the University of Oslo with a cand.mag. degree in English, French and literature. From 1977 to 1979 she was married to Ingjald Ørbeck Sørheim.[1]

Career

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Michelet worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1967; in the radio from 1973. She contributed to the entertainment programs Nitimen [no] and Reiseradioen [no], and worked with the weekly satirical radio show Hallo i uken [no] from 1990. She was its producer from 1993 to 2009.[2][1]

She wrote several books: Sin egen herre: eventyr og annet ugress (1979), En annen historie (1981) and the novel Ariadnes tråd: et reiseliv (1988).[2] Michelet was awarded the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 2009, for her journalistic works in general, and particularly for developing the radio show Hallo i uken.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Norheim, Marta. "Else Michelet". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Else Michelet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Fritt Ords Honnør 2009: Else Michelet". frittord.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 May 2021.