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Sidsel Wold (born 23 February 1959) is a Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer. She is known as
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correspondent for
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, and is a recipient of the
Ossietzky Award The Ossietzky Award () is a prize awarded by the Norwegian chapter of P.E.N., for extraordinary contributions to freedom of speech. The prize is named after writer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Carl von Ossietzky. Recipients * Aziz Nesin (19 ...
and the Gullruten honorary award.


Personal life and education

Wold was born in
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on 23 February 1959, and grew up in Oslo and
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. In 1978 she worked at a
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in Israel and learned speaking
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. She has studied Russian language, history and
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at the
University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...
. She graduated from in 1990. Wold is married to journalist, non-fiction writer and globetrotter Ragnar Kvam Jr.


Career

Wold worked as journalist for the newspaper ''
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'' from 1987 to 1988, before her journalist studies. After graduating as journalist in 1990, she started working as program host and reporter for
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, both radio and television, where she hosted radio shows such as ''Her og nå'' and ''Timen er din''. From 2007 to 2011 she was NRK's correspondent for the
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region, based in
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. From 2016 she was again Middle East correspondent for NRK, based in
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. In 2011 Wold was awarded ''Perspektivprisen'' by the
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for her communication of international news, in particular her reports on complex matters from the Middle East. In 2014 she received the
Ossietzky Award The Ossietzky Award () is a prize awarded by the Norwegian chapter of P.E.N., for extraordinary contributions to freedom of speech. The prize is named after writer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Carl von Ossietzky. Recipients * Aziz Nesin (19 ...
from the Norwegian chapter of P.E.N., again for her middle East reportings. Her books include ''Warra! Warra!: Da de hvite kom til Australia'' from 1999, which earned her a debut prize from the Norwegian Writers for Children; further ''Checkpoint: En beretning fra Midtøsten'' (2006), and ''Landet som lovet alt: Min israelske reise'' from 2015. She received the Gullruten honorary award in 2023.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wold, Sidsel 1959 births Living people Journalists from Oslo University of Oslo alumni Norwegian television reporters and correspondents Norwegian radio presenters Norwegian women radio presenters Norwegian women journalists NRK people Norwegian non-fiction writers 21st-century Norwegian women writers 20th-century Norwegian women writers Norwegian expatriates in Israel Norwegian expatriates in Turkey