Marit Christensen (11 November 1948 – 30 September 2022)[1] was a Norwegian journalist.

Marit Christensen
Born(1948-11-11)11 November 1948
Died30 September 2022(2022-09-30) (aged 73)
OccupationJournalist
LanguageNorwegian
GenreJournalism

Christensen was a cand.mag. by education.[citation needed] She worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation between 1977 and 2002. Here, she was a journalist, correspondent in Moscow from 1984 to 1988,[2] 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").[3][4]

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, Christensen had been her confidant.[5] The book was published in the autumn 2013, under the title "The Mother".[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Marit Christensen er død (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ "NRK inn i nye Moskva-lokaler - NRK Urix - Utenriksnyheter og -dokumentarer". Nrk.no. 19 September 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Tv2search - TV2.no". Tv2underholdning.no. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Ser stort på det - Portrettet". Dagbladet.no. 26 April 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  5. ^ Marit Christensen har skrevet bok om Wenche Behring Breivik VG, 17 August 2013, 13:11
Media offices
Preceded by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation correspondent in Moscow
1984–1988
Succeeded by