Marit Christensen (11 November 1948 – 30 September 2022) was a Norwegian journalist. Christensen was a cand.mag. by education. She worked for the

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-run, government-influenced radio and television public broadcasting company. The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...

between 1977 and 2002. Here, she was a journalist, correspondent in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

from 1984 to 1988, and presenter for the entertainment shows ''For galleriet'' (1992–1993) and ''Apropos'' (1998–1999). Her time in Moscow earned her the nickname "Moskva-Marit" ("Moscow Marit"). On 17 August 2013, Christensen disclosed that for the last year of Wenche Behring Breivik's life, the mother of Norwegian mass murderer

Anders Behring Breivik Anders Behring Breivik (; born 13 February 1979), officially named Fjotolf Hansen from 2017 to 2025, and Far Skaldigrimmr Rauskjoldr av Northriki since March 2025, is a Norwegian neo-Nazi terrorist and mass murderer. He carried out the 2011 No ...

, Christensen had been her confidant.Marit Christensen har skrevet bok om Wenche Behring Breivik
VG, 17 August 2013, 13:11 The book was published in the autumn 2013, under the title "The Mother".

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1948 births 2022 deaths Norwegian television presenters Norwegian women television presenters Norwegian journalists Norwegian women journalists NRK people Norwegian television reporters and correspondents Norwegian expatriates in the Soviet Union Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian women non-fiction writers Journalists from Oslo {{Norway-journalist-stub