Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft

Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft (born 9 June 1947) is a Norwegian former television presenter.

Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft
Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft in 2011
Born (1947-06-09) 9 June 1947 (age 76)
Lærdal, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Occupationtelevision presenter
SpouseArne Fjørtoft
ParentAmbjørg Sælthun

She was born in Lærdal to farmer Olaf Sælthun and politician Ambjørg Sælthun, and is married to Arne Fjørtoft .[1]

She was assigned with NRK for 45 years, from 1969 to 2014. She has also been engaged in humanitarian work, and has been a board member of institutions such as Unicef Norway, the Strømme Foundation, FORUT [no] and Antislaveriselskapet [no]. She was awarded Kringkastingsprisen [no] in 1994, Storegutprisen [no] in 2004, the Gullruten honorary award in 2006,[2] and the King's Medal of Merit in 2014.

References edit

  1. ^ Jørgensen, Jørn-Kr. "Arne Fjørtoft". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. ^ Askheim, Svein. "Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 October 2017.