Christian Borch (born 2 June 1944) is a Norwegian television presenter and news anchor. He was born in

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

, but grew up in Holmenkollåsen. In his younger days he worked at sea and studied law, but ended these pursuits to become a journalist in ''

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''. Hired in ''Morgenbladet'' in 1965, he went on to Norges Eksportråd in 1969 and the Federation of Norwegian Industries in 1970. From 1974 to 1978 he had his second spell in ''Morgenbladet'', as news editor. He was hired in the

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in 1978, and in the early 2000s he served as news anchor for '' Dagsrevyen''. In 2004 he won a

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award for ''best news or sports anchor''. In 2010 he took over as presenter of the foreign affairs special '' Urix'' together with Annette Groth. His first wife, with whom he had two daughters, died of cancer at the age of 42. He was later married to actress Elsa Hvinden for thirteen years. He is now in a relationship with French citizen Joséphine Sconza.

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1944 births Living people Television people from Oslo Journalists from Oslo Morgenbladet people NRK people Norwegian television news anchors Norwegian television presenters 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-tv-bio-stub