Ingvild Bryn (born 18 March 1961) is a Norwegian

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. She is a news anchor for the evening news '' Dagsrevyen'', aired on the

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She started as a news anchor in 1990, was then a correspondent in

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from 1996 to 1999 before returning to her post. She was, together with

Morten Harket Morten Harket (; born 14 September 1959) is a Norwegian singer who is the lead vocalist of the synth-pop band A-ha. A-ha has released 11 studio albums as of 2024, and topped the charts internationally after their breakthrough hit "Take On Me" i ...

, the official

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of the

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. She has education from the Volda University College and the

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. She is a proponent of

Nynorsk Nynorsk (; ) is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language (''Landsmål''), parallel to the Da ...

and received the Nynorsk User of the Year award in 2012. She hails from

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. Her sister is a Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation journalist. She is married to

Svein Gjerdåker Svein Gjerdåker (born 6 September 1963) is a Norway, Norwegian newspaper editor. He hails from Voss, and took his education at the University of Bergen. He later worked for the Chr. Michelsen Institute and Universitetsforlaget. In 2001 he was hi ...

, and they have two

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children.

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* 1961 births Living people Norwegian television news anchors NRK people Norwegian television reporters and correspondents Norwegian expatriates in the United States Volda University College alumni University of Oslo alumni People from Voss {{Norway-journalist-stub

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