Morten Jentoft (born 22 July 1956) is a Norwegian

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. He was the

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correspondent in

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, Finland at the end of the Cold War. He made the first documentary ever aired on TV 2, titled "Olgas lange reise" together with Odd Isungset. After some time working foreign affairs in the radio's news division he was hired as the correspondent in

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, commencing in 1996. He left in 2000. He has authored several books, with themes revolving around Russia.List of publications in BIBSYS
/ref> He then had another stint as correspondent in Moscow from 2014 to 2018.

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1956 births Living people NRK people Norwegian television reporters and correspondents Norwegian expatriates in Russia Norwegian non-fiction writers {{Norway-writer-stub